Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The 1190 Massacre
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The End of the Abbey
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The First Minster
- Medieval Prisons
- Bootham Bar
- Alcuin of York
- The White Rose of York
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Norman Minster
- Ouse Bridge
- Holy Trinity Church
- Fire in the Minster
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Viking Sword Pommel