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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- The County Court House
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The First Railway Station
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Mystery Plays
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Viking Boot
- Roman Head Pot
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Hospitium
- Royal Station Hotel
- Church of St Olave
- The End of the Abbey