Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Sixties York
- First World War York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Micklegate Bar
- King Richard III and York
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Stonegate
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Yorkshire Museum
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Second World War York
- The George Fox Incident