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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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Black Death
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Cinema Comes to York
- Anglian Carving
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The First Railway Station
- York and the Holocaust
- 62 Low Petergate
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Scarborough Bridge
- The First Minster
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Norman House
- George Leeman
- Dick Turpin