Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jubbergate
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Gold Finger Ring
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- St Crux's Church
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York and the Holocaust
- King Richard III and York
- Rowntree Park
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Fairfax House