Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Bridge
- Dick Turpin
- Anglian Carving
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Clifford's Tower
- The George Fox Incident
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Basilica
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Shambles
- Roman Head Pot
- The Mystery Plays
- The Medieval Castle
- King Richard II and York
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York's Airfield