Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- York Union Gas Works
- York's Coat of Arms
- The First Railway Station
- York Castle Museum
- Roman Head Pot
- The Norman Castle
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Our Lady's Row
- St Crux's Church
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Battle of the Standard
- York and the Holocaust
- Viking Male Grooming
- York Garrison
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Guildhall