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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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- The First Minster
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Teaching the Poor
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Abbot's House
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York Railway Station
- The Debtors' Prison
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Glazed Medieval Jug