Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Bronze weights
- Alcuin of York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York Central Library
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- New Shopping Centres
- Sixties York
- Micklegate Bar
- York's Airfield
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Industrial Upheaval
- The County Court House
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Walmgate Bar