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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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Water Lanes
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Clifford's Tower
- Transport Moves On
- Vikings and Christianity
- Ouse Bridge
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Norman Castle
- A New University
- Royal Station Hotel
- King Richard II and York
- Judges Lodging
- Barker Tower
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York