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 Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- The Black Death
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Minster in Viking Times
- A New Vision For York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Medieval Castle
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Medieval Prisons