Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The New Theatre
- Bootham School
- The Cawood Sword
- Amber Bead Workshop
- A New University
- The Red Tower
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Inscription to Hecules
- Bone Trial Piece
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Military Belt Fitting
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- A New Vision For York
- The York Hoard