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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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The White Rose of York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Crest of York St John College
- St William's Shrine
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Norman Minster
- Military Belt Fitting
- Inscription to Hecules
- Dick Turpin
- York Central Library
- First World War York
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The George Fox Incident
- The Female Prison