Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- A New University
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- A Pipkin
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York Castle Museum
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Stonegate
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Norman Castle
- Minster Library
- The Medieval Minster
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Medieval Prisons