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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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Vision For York
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Barley Hall
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Barker Tower
- Water Lanes
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Hospitium
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The York Hoard
- The Norman House
- St Crux's Church
- York and the Holocaust
- Transport Moves On