Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Church of St Helen
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Dick Turpin
- Fire in the Minster
- Lendal Bridge
- The Assembly Rooms
- A New Walk
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Bronze weights
- First World War York
- Norman Window Frame
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Rebuilt in Stone
- George Leeman
- Guy Fawkes