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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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Roman Fortress
- The Basilica
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Church of St Olave
- Water Lanes
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The George Fox Incident
- Micklegate Bar
- Barley Hall
- York Castle Museum
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Cinema Comes to York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Female Prison
- York's Airfield
- Bootham School
- Medieval Prisons