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 Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Norman Window Frame
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Ouse Bridge
- York's Airfield
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Viking Male Grooming
- Constantius Chlorus
- Cinema Comes to York
- Jubbergate
- The Cawood Sword
- Water Lanes
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Roman Gods and Goddesses