Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Norman Window Frame
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Church of St Olave
- Minster Library
- The Hospitium
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Mystery Plays
- King Edward II and York
- The End of the Abbey
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- King Richard III and York
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior