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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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- York Railway Station
- York Castle Museum
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Basilica
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Medieval Minster
- Barley Hall
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Inscription to Hecules
- Guy Fawkes
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Anglian Carving
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- St Crux's Church
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Victorian Prison Building