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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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in 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.
- Holy Trinity Church
- York and the Holocaust
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The York Observatory
- The York Hoard
- Church of St Helen
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Mary Ward
- Industrial Upheaval
- 62 Low Petergate
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Ripon College for Women
- King Edward I and York
- Church of St Olave
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Dick Turpin