Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Church of St Olave
- The Guildhall
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Black Death
- Gold Arm Ring
- Sixties York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Gold Finger Ring