Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Judges Lodging
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Ripon College for Women
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Medieval Abbey
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Viking Boot
- Clifford's Tower
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- De Grey Rooms
- Middleham Jewel
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Our Lady's Row
- Jewbury Cemetery