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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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- A Pipkin
- The Council of Arles
- New Earswick
- Lendal Bridge
- Medieval Prisons
- Gold Finger Ring
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- King Edward III and York
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Cawood Sword
- The Hospitium
- St Leonard's Hospital