Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Tower
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Fairfax House
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Ouse Bridge
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Anglian Cross
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Jubbergate
- New Earswick
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Statue of the God Mars