Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Roman Fortress
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- A New Walk
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Industrial Upheaval
- Skeldergate Bridge
- First World War Memorial
- The Cawood Sword
- The Medieval Abbey
- The White Rose of York
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Debtors' Prison
- Medieval Prisons
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Railway King: George Hudson