Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Mystery Plays
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Anglian Cross
- Ripon College for Women
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Bone Trial Piece
- York Garrison
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Black Death
- Our Lady's Row
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Statue of an Athlete
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Bootham School