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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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Sixties York
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Female Prison
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- De Grey Rooms
- Church of St Helen
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Fishergate Bar
- Norman Window Frame
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Inscription to Hecules
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- William Etty, Artist