Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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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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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- New Shopping Centres
- St Crux's Church
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Battle of the Standard
- Bootham Bar
- Is York Cursed?
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Mary Ward
- Victoria Bar
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Female Prison
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Assembly Rooms