Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- The White Rose of York
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Railway Institute
- The Cawood Sword
- The Mansion House
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- King Edward II and York
- Monk Bar
- Inscription to Hecules
- Mary Ward
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York Art Gallery
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Barley Hall