Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mansion House
- The Guildhall
- York Union Gas Works
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Female Prison
- Viking Boot
- The Cawood Sword
- Mary Ward
- The End of the Abbey
- The Medieval Minster
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The New Theatre
- Aldwark Synagogue