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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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Church of St Olave
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- King Edward II and York
- Barley Hall
- The Bar Convent
- Jubbergate
- Bootham Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The 1190 Massacre
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Basilica
- The Council of Arles
- The Norman Minster
- The York Helmet