Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Alcuin of York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Medieval Abbey
- Fire in the Minster
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Retreat
- York Central Library
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Lendal Tower
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Jubbergate
- Water Lanes
- The First Railway Station
- Minster Library
- The County Court House
- The End of the Abbey
- The New Theatre
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning