Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fairfax House
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Treasurer's House
- Anglian Cross
- Feeding Roman York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York St John in the 20th Century
- John Carr - Architect
- York Union Gas Works
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Viking Boot
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The 1190 Massacre