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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Norman Minster
- Fishergate Bar
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Crest of York St John College
- King Edward I and York
- The Debtors' Prison
- King Edward II and York
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The End of the Abbey
- Royal Station Hotel
- York and the Holocaust
- St William's Shrine
- The Assembly Rooms
- Second World War York
- York Castle Museum
- Judges Lodging