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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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Cross
- The Debtors' Prison
- Stonegate
- The Shambles
- The Roman Fortress
- Walmgate Bar
- First World War Memorial
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Lendal Tower
- The Council of Arles
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Cawood Sword
- Feeding Roman York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York Bombed