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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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Scarborough Bridge
- New Shopping Centres
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The York Observatory
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- View from Station Rise
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Lendal Bridge
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Abbot's House
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Mithras and Arimanius
- St Leonard's Hospital