Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Alcuin of York
- Walmgate Bar
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Micklegate Bar
- Water Lanes
- Bone Trial Piece
- St Crux's Church
- St William's Shrine
- King Edward III and York
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York and the Holocaust
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Medieval Abbey
- A New University
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Minster in the 18th Century