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 City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St William's Shrine
- John Carr - Architect
- Treasurer's House
- The Black Death
- The Battle of the Standard
- The White Rose of York
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Statue of Napoleon
- Medieval Prisons
- The Multangular Tower
- Inscription to Hecules
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- De Grey Rooms
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The End of the Abbey
- The Abbot's House
- Yorkshire Museum