Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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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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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- William Etty, Artist
- Water Lanes
- The Guildhall
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Clifford's Tower
- Ripon College for Women
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Female Prison
- The George Fox Incident
- Sixties York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Fishergate Bar
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Is York Cursed?
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- New Earswick
- Hair of a Roman Girl