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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Walmgate Bar
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Gold Arm Ring
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York Bombed
- Micklegate Bar
- The Horn of Ulf
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Rowntree Park
- Viking Coins
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Is York Cursed?