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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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- York Union Gas Works
- The George Fox Incident
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Railway Institute
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- New Earswick
- The Black Death
- A New Walk
- View from Station Rise
- The Multangular Tower
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Crest of York St John College
- York Railway Station