Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Minster
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Bootham School
- Viking Boot
- York Central Library
- The Mansion House
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Greyfriars
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Bronze weights
- Alcuin of York
- Second World War York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning