Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Church of St Olave
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Viking Male Grooming
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Norman House
- Micklegate Bar
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Abbot's House
- Is York Cursed?
- Cinema Comes to York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York Central Library
- Barley Hall
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Tombstone of Julia Velva