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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Scarborough Bridge
- New Earswick
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Silver Strap Ends
- King Edward III and York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- St Crux's Church
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Abbot's House
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York Castle Museum
- Teaching the Poor