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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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Greyfriars
- The Roman Fortress
- St Crux's Church
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- New Earswick
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Medieval Minster
- York Garrison
- Industrial Upheaval
- The White Rose of York
- Rowntree Park
- Is York Cursed?
- The Assembly Rooms