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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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Monk Bar
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The County Court House
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Church of St Wilfrid
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The 1190 Massacre
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Guildhall
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Bronze weights
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Cinema Comes to York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Minster in the 19th Century