Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward III and York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Scarborough Bridge
- De Grey Rooms
- Inscription to Hecules
- The End of the Abbey
- The First Minster
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Roman Head Pot
- The Basilica
- The Railway Institute
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Sixties York
- Lendal Tower
- Amber Bead Workshop