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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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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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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- New Earswick
- Margaret Clitherow
- Transport Moves On
- The Abbot's House
- First World War Memorial
- The Norman Minster
- Lendal Tower
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Crest of York St John College
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Railway Institute
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Church of St Olave
- The Cawood Sword
- 62 Low Petergate
- Is York Cursed?