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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- Transport Moves On
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York and the Holocaust
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- New Shopping Centres
- Rowntree Park
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The 1190 Massacre
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Black Death
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Viking Boot
- Bootham School