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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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- The York Helmet
- Ripon College for Women
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Shambles
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Cinema Comes to York
- New Earswick
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Red Tower
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- A New Walk