Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Norman Window Frame
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Scarborough Bridge
- Fishergate Bar
- First World War Memorial
- Industrial Upheaval
- The York Hoard
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York Bombed
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Anglian Carving
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Female Prison
- Walmgate Bar
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop