Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Horn of Ulf
- Church of St Helen
- Middleham Jewel
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Art Gallery
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Lendal Bridge
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Military Belt Fitting
- Barley Hall
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Viking Silk Cap
- Feeding Roman York
- The First Railway Station
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway