Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- Dick Turpin
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Railway Institute
- York Union Gas Works
- The Medieval Castle
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Shambles
- Alcuin of York
- Norman Window Frame
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Statue of the God Mars
- York and the Holocaust
- Anglian Burial Vessel