Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- A Pipkin
- Monk Bar
- The Female Prison
- York Art Gallery
- The 1190 Massacre
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The George Fox Incident
- Crest of York St John College
- Teaching the Poor
- Bone Trial Piece
- Water Lanes
- Treasurer's House
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- St William's Shrine
- Alcuin of York