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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Council of Arles
- Mary Ward
- The Black Death
- The Retreat
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Basilica
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Medieval Abbey
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- George Leeman
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Statue of an Athlete