Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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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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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Guy Fawkes
- The Guildhall
- Feeding Roman York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Shambles
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Royal Station Hotel
- Minster Library
- Crest of York St John College
- Inscription from Fortress Gate