Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- Fairfax House
- A New University
- Yorkshire Museum
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bone Trial Piece
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The First Railway Station
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Micklegate Bar
- A New Walk
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Jubbergate
- Anglian Cross