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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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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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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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Shambles
- King Richard II and York
- The Norman Minster
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Female Prison
- The First Railway Station
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Medieval Prisons
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Norman Abbey
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The End of the Abbey
- The Debtors' Prison
- York's Coat of Arms
- Guy Fawkes