Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St William's Shrine
- The George Fox Incident
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Ouse Bridge
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Black Death
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Bombed
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Rowntree Park
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Fairfax House
- York's Coat of Arms
- Vikings and Christianity
- The York Helmet
- Inscription from Fortress Gate