Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Assembly Rooms
- Alcuin of York
- The Norman Castle
- Transport Moves On
- York Central Library
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York's Airfield
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Mansion House
- The First Railway Station
- The Battle of the Standard
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Viking Male Grooming
- The End of the Abbey
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The York Observatory