Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Battle of the Standard
- New Shopping Centres
- York Union Gas Works
- Statue of an Athlete
- The First Railway Station
- Anglian Cross
- The Guildhall
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bootham School
- The White Rose of York
- Sixties York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The George Fox Incident
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy