Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Red Tower
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Water Lanes
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Scarborough Bridge
- Church of St Helen
- Viking Silk Cap
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Constantius Chlorus
- Bootham School
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Debtors' Prison
- Anglian Carving
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)