Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Basilica
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Scarborough Bridge
- Statue of the God Mars
- Ripon College for Women
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Church of St Olave
- The 1190 Massacre
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- New Shopping Centres
- Alcuin of York
- Sixties York
- King Edward I and York