Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Minster in Viking Times
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Anglian Carving
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Greyfriars
- The County Court House
- Eric Bloodaxe
- George Leeman
- The Retreat
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Basilica
- King Edward III and York
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bronze weights