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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York Railway Station
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York Castle Museum
- York and the Holocaust
- Gold Finger Ring
- Judges Lodging
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Scarborough Bridge
- Margaret Clitherow
- York Union Gas Works
- The Shambles
- Monk Bar
- Middleham Jewel
- A New University