Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Shambles
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Second World War York
- Transport Moves On
- The Red Tower
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Railway Institute
- Daniel Defoe's York
- New Shopping Centres
- The Roman Fortress
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Military Belt Fitting
- King Richard II and York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Cinema Comes to York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The End of the Abbey