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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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Greyfriars
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Statue of the God Mars
- York Castle Museum
- The Mansion House
- The First Railway Station
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Shambles
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Inscription to Hecules
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Feeding Roman York
- Bone Trial Piece
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Tombstone of Julia Velva