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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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Guy Fawkes
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Viking Coins
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Lendal Tower
- The New Theatre
- King Edward I and York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Shambles
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Bootham School
- Alcuin of York
- The Greyfriars
- The Multangular Tower