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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- The First Railway Station
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Assembly Rooms
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Water Lanes
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Statue of an Athlete
- Micklegate Bar
- Feeding Roman York
- The George Fox Incident
- The Norman Minster
- The Minster after the Reformation
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- A New Vision For York
- The Medieval Abbey
- York's Coat of Arms