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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Barley Hall
- King Richard III and York
- The York Hoard
- The Debtors' Prison
- Sixties York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Retreat
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- New Earswick
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Vikings and Christianity
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Viking Male Grooming
- Church of All Saints Pavement