Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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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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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Shopping Centres
- Feeding Roman York
- Judges Lodging
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Treasurer's House
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Church of St Helen
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Lendal Tower
- The End of the Abbey
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The County Court House
- York Union Gas Works
- The Norman House
- De Grey Rooms