Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Anglian Cross
- The County Court House
- Water Lanes
- York's Airfield
- The White Rose of York
- Lendal Tower
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The First Railway Station
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The New Theatre
- Gold Finger Ring