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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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Retreat
- The George Fox Incident
- Is York Cursed?
- York Bombed
- First World War Memorial
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York and the Holocaust
- Barker Tower
- Crest of York St John College
- Viking Coins
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Military Belt Fitting
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop