Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Minster Library
- The Railway Institute
- Second World War York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Medieval Minster
- Church of St Helen
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- A New Walk
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Black Death
- York and the Holocaust
- Skeldergate Bridge
- St Crux's Church
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Silver Strap Ends
- The End of the Abbey