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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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Multangular Tower
- Roman Chimney Pot
- New Shopping Centres
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Bar Convent
- York and the Holocaust
- Military Belt Fitting
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York Bombed
- Margaret Clitherow
- Clifford's Tower
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Is York Cursed?
- The Guildhall
- The Abbot's House
- The Victorian Prison Building