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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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Viking Coins
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Debtors' Prison
- Fishergate Bar
- Alcuin of York
- Our Lady's Row
- The Victorian Prison Building
- George Leeman
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Rowntree Park
- Norman Window Frame
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The White Rose of York
- The York Hoard
- Rebuilt in Stone