Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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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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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Sixties York
- Teaching the Poor
- King Edward II and York
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Multangular Tower
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York Art Gallery
- Church of St Helen
- Walmgate Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- New Shopping Centres
- King Richard II and York
- Bootham Bar
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy