Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Black Death
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The End of the Abbey
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- York and the Holocaust
- The New Theatre
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Micklegate Bar
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Railway Institute
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Middleham Jewel
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Sixties York
- 62 Low Petergate
- Military Belt Fitting