Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- View from Station Rise
- Olive Oil Container
- The Multangular Tower
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The George Fox Incident
- Yorkshire Museum
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Medieval Prisons
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- John Carr - Architect
- A New University
- St William's Shrine
- York Garrison
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway