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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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Shambles
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Norman Minster
- The First Railway Station
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The York Hoard
- Church of St Helen
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Anglian Carving
- The Minster in Viking Times
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- A New Vision For York
- Vikings and Christianity
- St Leonard's Hospital