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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Black Death
- York Railway Station
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Norman Castle
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- St William's Shrine
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York Central Library
- Vikings and Christianity
- Dick Turpin
- The York Helmet
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Guildhall
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York