Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bone Trial Piece
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York's Airfield
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Female Prison
- The Norman Minster
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Basilica
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Mystery Plays
- Cumberland House, King's Staith