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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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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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Treasurer's House
- Anglian Carving
- The Debtors' Prison
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Medieval Abbey
- Olive Oil Container
- Skeldergate Bridge
- A New Walk
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York Castle Museum
- King Richard II and York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Cinema Comes to York
- York and the Holocaust
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Fairfax House