Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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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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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York Union Gas Works
- The End of the Abbey
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Fire in the Minster
- Industrial Upheaval
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Red Tower
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Rowntree Park
- The York Hoard
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Minster in Viking Times
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Anglian Carving
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity