Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Clifford's Tower
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Teaching the Poor
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Debtors' Prison
- Ouse Bridge
- The Shambles
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Guildhall
- Crest of York St John College
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Medieval Prisons
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Yorkshire Museum