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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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Church of St Wilfrid
- A New University
- Sixties York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Anglian Cross
- Jubbergate
- The Retreat
- York and the Holocaust
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Medieval Castle
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Middleham Jewel
- Fishergate Bar
- The Abbot's House