Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Clifford's Tower
- The Assembly Rooms
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Micklegate Bar
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Judges Lodging
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Military Belt Fitting
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York Railway Station
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Skeldergate Bridge