Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Retreat
- The York Hoard
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- New Shopping Centres
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Military Belt Fitting
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Barker Tower
- View from Station Rise
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- St Crux's Church
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Statue of Napoleon
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Assembly Rooms