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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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Female Prison
- Alcuin of York
- York Castle Museum
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Church of St Helen
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- York Union Gas Works
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- King Richard II and York
- Tombstone of Julia Velva