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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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Castle
- Military Belt Fitting
- York Railway Station
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Alcuin of York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The York Observatory
- The End of the Abbey
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Minster Library
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York and the Holocaust
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Multangular Tower
- Anglian Carving
- The Mystery Plays