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 York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- Bronze weights
- John Carr - Architect
- Our Lady's Row
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Teaching the Poor
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Is York Cursed?
- The Multangular Tower
- York's Airfield
- King Edward I and York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Ripon College for Women