Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Norman Abbey
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bootham Bar
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Victoria Bar
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- A New University
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Greyfriars
- The First Railway Station
- The Basilica
- New Earswick
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Jubbergate