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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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Medieval Castle
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Battle of the Standard
- St Crux's Church
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Lendal Bridge
- The Mansion House
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The York Observatory
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions