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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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Scarborough Bridge
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Roman Fortress
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Barley Hall
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York Garrison
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The York Hoard
- The Mystery Plays
- Is York Cursed?
- First World War York
- Mary Ward
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Norman Window Frame