Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Airfield
- King Richard II and York
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Viking Coins
- Church of St Helen
- The Female Prison
- Bootham School
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Basilica
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York and the Holocaust
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Bar Convent
- Water Lanes
- Clifford's Tower
- Alcuin of York