Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Assembly Rooms
- First World War York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- George Leeman
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Minster Library
- York Garrison
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The End of the Abbey
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Abbot's House