Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Dick Turpin
- Fairfax House
- All Saints Church, North Street
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The York Observatory
- The Retreat
- Barley Hall
- George Leeman
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- First World War Memorial
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Royal Station Hotel
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bones of a Roman Combatant