Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Medieval Abbey
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York and the Holocaust
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- De Grey Rooms
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Retreat
- New Earswick
- Crest of York St John College
- The Railway Institute
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The End of the Abbey
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Anglian Burial Vessel