Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Walmgate Bar
- Monk Bar
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bootham Bar
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Micklegate Bar
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Greyfriars
- Church of St Helen
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Dick Turpin
- Olive Oil Container
- Anglian Carving
- The Female Prison
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Crest of York St John College
- York and the Holocaust