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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Red Tower
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Judges Lodging
- The Railway Institute
- The Debtors' Prison
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Guy Fawkes
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Female Prison
- The Norman Castle
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Scarborough Bridge
- York's Airfield