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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Union Gas Works
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Viking Coins
- King Edward I and York
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York Bombed
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Hospitium
- The Horn of Ulf
- Crest of York St John College
- The Shambles
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Roman Head Pot