Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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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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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York's Coat of Arms
- Statue of an Athlete
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- A New University
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Mansion House
- The Council of Arles
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Mary Ward
- The Hospitium
- York St John in the 20th Century