Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Ouse Bridge
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Council of Arles
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Is York Cursed?
- The Medieval Abbey
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Railway Institute
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Water Lanes
- John Carr - Architect