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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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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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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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Holy Trinity Church
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- William Etty, Artist
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Fairfax House
- The First Minster
- Margaret Clitherow
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Mansion House
- Industrial Upheaval
- Anglian Carving
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Fire in the Minster
- Alcuin of York