Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Our Lady's Row
- Vikings and Christianity
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The End of the Abbey
- York in the fifteenth Century
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Alcuin of York
- The Greyfriars
- King Edward III and York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Stonegate
- Statue of the God Mars
- Viking Boot
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Inscription to Hecules