Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The New Theatre
- Fairfax House
- The First Minster
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Rowntree Park
- The Horn of Ulf
- King Richard II and York
- The Black Death
- Crest of York St John College
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Battle of the Standard
- Second World War York
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Norman Window Frame
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries