Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Second World War York
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Roman Fortress
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The York Observatory
- King Edward III and York
- Clifford's Tower
- Church of St Olave
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Walmgate Bar
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Multangular Tower
- Viking Boot
- Amber Bead Workshop