Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Helmet
- The Basilica
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Water Lanes
- George Leeman
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Holy Trinity Church
- Viking Boot
- The Abbot's House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York Castle Museum
- Rowntree Park
- York Bombed
- Feeding Roman York
- Inside the Roman Fortress