Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- The Medieval Abbey
- The York Observatory
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The End of the Abbey
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Hospitium
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Cawood Sword
- Bootham Bar
- Feeding Roman York
- The Norman Minster