Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The New Theatre
- 62 Low Petergate
- Barker Tower
- The Hospitium
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Council of Arles
- Church of St Wilfrid
- New Shopping Centres
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Monk Bar
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Walmgate Bar
- King Edward II and York
- The George Fox Incident
- York in the fifteenth Century