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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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Greyfriars
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Anglian Carving
- Second World War York
- The Norman Minster
- The Female Prison
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Micklegate Bar
- The Railway Institute
- Barley Hall