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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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The George Fox Incident
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Council of Arles
- The Bar Convent
- New Shopping Centres
- The Mystery Plays
- Rowntree Park
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Fishergate Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Viking Coins
- Margaret Clitherow
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Church of St Helen