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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Minster
- The Roman Fortress
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York Castle Museum
- Ripon College for Women
- Yorkshire Museum
- Margaret Clitherow
- Walmgate Bar
- Guy Fawkes
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Minster Library
- John Carr - Architect
- Barley Hall
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Transport Moves On
- Eric Bloodaxe