Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Leeman
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Hospitium
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Roman Fortress
- Jubbergate
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- John Carr - Architect
- Fire in the Minster
- Victoria Bar
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Fairfax House
- Medieval Prisons