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 Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- Bootham Bar
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Greyfriars
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York Bombed
- Crest of York St John College
- Clifford's Tower
- The Mystery Plays
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Rowntree Park
- Inscription to Hecules
- Scarborough Bridge
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters