Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham School
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Middleham Jewel
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Water Lanes
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Fairfax House
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Guy Fawkes
- The Shambles
- York Bombed
- Statue of Napoleon
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Inscription to Hecules
- Walmgate Bar