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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Central Library
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Transport Moves On
- Margaret Clitherow
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Fire in the Minster
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Constantius Chlorus
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York Union Gas Works
- Fishergate Bar
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York Art Gallery
- The 1190 Massacre
- Anglian Carving