Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham School
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The First Minster
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- New Shopping Centres
- York Garrison
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Anglian Cross
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Margaret Clitherow
- The 1190 Massacre