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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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Arm Ring
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The York Observatory
- Minster Library
- Bootham School
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Debtors' Prison
- Royal Station Hotel
- York Railway Station
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The 1190 Massacre
- Central Methodist Chapel