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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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Shopping Centres
- Statue of Napoleon
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Lendal Bridge
- Medieval Prisons
- The Minster after the Reformation
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- George Leeman
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Viking Coins
- Is York Cursed?
- The Battle of the Standard
- The York Hoard
- Bootham School