Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- De Grey Rooms
- Royal Station Hotel
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Lendal Tower
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Railway Institute
- Inscription to Hecules
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York and the Holocaust
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Minster in Viking Times
- A New Walk
- Lendal Bridge
- The Norman Minster
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Glazed Medieval Jug