Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Olave
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Constantius Chlorus
- York in the fifteenth Century
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Medieval Castle
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Yorkshire Museum
- Medieval Prisons
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Norman Abbey
- Inscription to Hecules
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Bone Trial Piece
- Olive Oil Container
- The Debtors' Prison