Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Dick Turpin
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Military Belt Fitting
- Ouse Bridge
- Margaret Clitherow
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Medieval Castle
- St Crux's Church
- Statue of an Athlete
- York Bombed
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- View from Station Rise
- Medieval Prisons
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall