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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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Railway Station
- A Pipkin
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Roman Fortress
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Second World War York
- Viking Boot
- Cinema Comes to York
- Monk Bar
- Eric Bloodaxe
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York St John in the 20th Century
- A New University