Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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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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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Victoria Bar
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The County Court House
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Micklegate Bar
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- New Earswick
- King Edward III and York
- Industrial Upheaval
- A New University
- Statue of Napoleon
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Abbot's House
- The Mansion House
- The Bar Convent
- Archbishop Scrope Executed