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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Tower
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Bone Trial Piece
- Yorkshire Museum
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Teaching the Poor
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Council of Arles
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- A New University
- Crest of York St John College