Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Debtors' Prison
- York Central Library
- Jubbergate
- Bootham School
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The End of the Abbey
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Barley Hall
- Gold Arm Ring
- Viking Male Grooming
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Alcuin of York