Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Middleham Jewel
- St William's Shrine
- The Black Death
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York Bombed
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Barley Hall
- New Shopping Centres
- Bootham School
- King Richard II and York
- The York Helmet
- Is York Cursed?
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Medieval Abbey
- Fairfax House
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- York Union Gas Works