Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Multangular Tower
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Red Tower
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Cinema Comes to York
- Gold Finger Ring
- York and the Holocaust
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Feeding Roman York
- Viking Silk Cap
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York's Coat of Arms
- Teaching the Poor
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Monk Bar
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Silver Strap Ends