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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Retreat
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- King Richard III and York
- Water Lanes
- Viking Male Grooming
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Roman Fortress
- Constantius Chlorus
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Anglian Cross
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Is York Cursed?
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Mansion House
- Teaching the Poor