Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Roman Head Pot
- New Shopping Centres
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- St Crux's Church
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Is York Cursed?
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- 62 Low Petergate
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Middleham Jewel
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Walmgate Bar
- Church of St Wilfrid