Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Medieval Abbey
- Silver Strap Ends
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Constantius Chlorus
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Statue of Napoleon
- Vikings and Christianity
- York Castle Museum
- The Mystery Plays
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The York Hoard
- Our Lady's Row
- Jubbergate
- King Richard III and York