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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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Horn of Ulf
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Council of Arles
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Anglian Carving
- Medieval Prisons
- St William's Shrine
- York Bombed
- The Roman Fortress
- The Greyfriars
- York's Airfield
- Barker Tower
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Inscription from Fortress Gate