Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- George Leeman
- The Guildhall
- The Hospitium
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Basilica
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Lendal Bridge
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The New Theatre