Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Monk Bar
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Lendal Bridge
- The Female Prison
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Clifford's Tower
- Our Lady's Row
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The York Observatory
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Cinema Comes to York
- Second World War York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- King Richard III and York
- King Edward II and York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Alcuin of York
- The Basilica