Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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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...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- Holy Trinity Church
- Statue of the God Mars
- Bone Trial Piece
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Hospitium
- Lendal Bridge
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Is York Cursed?
- The Norman House
- York's Coat of Arms
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Industrial Upheaval
- St William's Shrine