Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Rowntree Park
- Central Methodist Chapel
- New Shopping Centres
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The End of the Abbey
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The York Hoard
- York's Airfield
- St William's Shrine
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Railway Institute
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Female Prison
- Anglian Cross