Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Judges Lodging
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- New Shopping Centres
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Jubbergate
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Medieval Minster
- Roman Head Pot
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Railway Institute
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Lendal Tower
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)