Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Black Death
- Clifford's Tower
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bootham Bar
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Viking Coins
- De Grey Rooms
- Barker Tower
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Scarborough Bridge
- York and the Holocaust
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- King Richard II and York
- Rowntree Park