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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Medieval Abbey
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York Railway Station
- The Norman Abbey
- Teaching the Poor
- Viking Boot
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Water Lanes
- Industrial Upheaval
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- George Leeman
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate