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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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St William's Shrine
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The End of the Abbey
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- 62 Low Petergate
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The York Hoard
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Barker Tower
- Anglian Carving
- King Edward I and York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Yorkshire Museum
- Medieval Prisons
- A New Walk
- The White Rose of York
- New Shopping Centres