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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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Abbot's House
- John Carr - Architect
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The York Observatory
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Debtors' Prison
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Guildhall
- The Mystery Plays
- Cinema Comes to York
- York's Coat of Arms
- Trams Pulled by Horses