Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Walmgate Bar
- The Horn of Ulf
- King Richard III and York
- New Earswick
- A Pipkin
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York Castle Museum
- Holy Trinity Church
- Viking Coins
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York Union Gas Works
- Treasurer's House
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Constantius Chlorus
- A New Walk