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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Cross
- A New Vision For York
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Horn of Ulf
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Barker Tower
- Yorkshire Museum
- Alcuin of York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Norman Window Frame
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Olive Oil Container
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Sixties York
- Water Lanes