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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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- The White Rose of York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Judges Lodging
- New Shopping Centres
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- St Crux's Church
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Sixties York
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Margaret Clitherow
- Gold Arm Ring
- Clifford's Tower
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)