Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ouse Bridge
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Shambles
- York and the Holocaust
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Minster after the Reformation
- View from Station Rise
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Teaching the Poor
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Cawood Sword
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Walmgate Bar
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Abbot's House
- The York Observatory
- Lendal Tower