Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Military Belt Fitting
- Second World War York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Norman Abbey
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Stonegate
- Roman Head Pot
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York in the fifteenth Century
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Water Lanes
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Debtors' Prison
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity