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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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Barley Hall
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Mary Ward
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Council of Arles
- Is York Cursed?
- King Edward III and York
- The Norman Minster
- York Bombed
- Bone Trial Piece
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window