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 in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Norman Abbey
- Bootham Bar
- Vikings and Christianity
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Victoria Bar
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Medieval Prisons
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Judges Lodging
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Scarborough Bridge