Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Water Lanes
- First World War Memorial
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Margaret Clitherow
- The New Theatre
- The Female Prison
- The 1190 Massacre
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Black Death
- The Assembly Rooms
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- King's Manor - Victorian
- St Columba's United Reformed Church