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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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Female Prison
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York Union Gas Works
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Basilica
- York and the Holocaust
- Yorkshire Museum
- Walmgate Bar
- The Medieval Castle
- Statue of an Athlete
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Middleham Jewel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Gold Finger Ring