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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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- The Female Prison
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Viking Sword Pommel
- New Shopping Centres
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Anglian Carving
- Lendal Bridge
- The Red Tower