Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Constantius Chlorus
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Scarborough Bridge
- The York Helmet
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Central Methodist Chapel
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Red Tower
- Alcuin of York
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Amber Bead Workshop