Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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 Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- New Earswick
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York and the Holocaust
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Abbot's House
- Statue of an Athlete
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Guildhall
- Margaret Clitherow
- Ripon College for Women
- Guy Fawkes
- Sixties York
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The White Rose of York