Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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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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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Greyfriars
- Church of St Olave
- The First Railway Station
- Transport Moves On
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- St Crux's Church
- Mary Ward
- Water Lanes
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- New Shopping Centres
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Ripon College for Women
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Hospitium
- The Newgate Cross Shaft