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 Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Olive Oil Container
- New Shopping Centres
- Inscription to Hecules
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The White Rose of York
- First World War York
- York Art Gallery
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Medieval Prisons
- Water Lanes
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Church of St Olave
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- King's Manor - Victorian