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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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- George Leeman
- Vikings and Christianity
- Stonegate
- The Greyfriars
- Lendal Tower
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Basilica
- The New Theatre
- Church of St Helen
- Industrial Upheaval
- The York Hoard
- The Victorian Prison Building
- View from Station Rise
- York and the Holocaust
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Silver Strap Ends