Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Mary Ward
- The Greyfriars
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Ouse Bridge
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Scarborough Bridge
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Norman Abbey
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- King Edward I and York
- Bootham School
- St William's Shrine
- The New Theatre
- Anglian Cross
- The Basilica
- Central Methodist Chapel