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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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Cawood Sword
- Minster Library
- The Retreat
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Statue of the God Mars
- Fairfax House
- King Richard II and York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- First World War York
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- King Richard III and York
- York Garrison
- The Bar Convent
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- York and the Holocaust
- Vikings and Christianity