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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Carving
- Crest of York St John College
- Margaret Clitherow
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Bar Convent
- 62 Low Petergate
- Industrial Upheaval
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Is York Cursed?
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Assembly Rooms
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York's Airfield
- Fairfax House
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bronze weights