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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Clifford's Tower
- De Grey Rooms
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Bronze weights
- William Etty, Artist
- King Richard II and York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bootham Bar
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Cawood Sword
- Teaching the Poor
- The York Hoard
- The Railway Institute
- The First Railway Station
- The White Rose of York
- Stonegate