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 Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- York and the Holocaust
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Abbot's House
- Micklegate Bar
- The Retreat
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Council of Arles
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Judges Lodging
- The Railway Institute
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Roman Head Pot
- The Debtors' Prison