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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- New Earswick
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Royal Station Hotel
- Is York Cursed?
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Mary Ward
- Olive Oil Container
- York's Airfield
- The Retreat
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- St William's Shrine
- St Crux's Church