Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Retreat
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Olive Oil Container
- Royal Station Hotel
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Barker Tower
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Black Death
- King Edward II and York
- Clifford's Tower
- A Pipkin
- St William's Shrine
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Eric Bloodaxe
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Medieval Abbey