Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham School
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Cawood Sword
- Barker Tower
- The Norman Castle
- 62 Low Petergate
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Dick Turpin
- Statue of an Athlete
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Greyfriars
- William Etty, Artist
- Vikings and Christianity
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York's first historian: Francis Drake