Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- De Grey Rooms
- Statue of an Athlete
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The First Minster
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Statue of the God Mars
- First World War York
- King Edward II and York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Mithras and Arimanius
- A Pipkin
- York and the Holocaust
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Minster Library
- Feeding Roman York