Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Railway Station
- The York Observatory
- York's Coat of Arms
- Mary Ward
- The Bar Convent
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Micklegate Bar
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The George Fox Incident
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Victoria Bar
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Battle of the Standard
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions