Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Cawood Sword
- The First Railway Station
- Barley Hall
- Constantius Chlorus
- Ripon College for Women
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Norman Window Frame
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- First World War York
- The Battle of the Standard
- John Carr - Architect
- The Victorian Prison Building
- George Leeman
- The First Minster