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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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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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Vikings and Christianity
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Lendal Bridge
- St William's Shrine
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Jubbergate
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Feeding Roman York
- Our Lady's Row
- Fishergate Bar
- York and the Holocaust
- The Battle of the Standard
- The York Helmet
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Newgate Cross Shaft