Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- The Female Prison
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Medieval Minster
- The Red Tower
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Council of Arles
- New Earswick
- Minster Library
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Norman House
- Feeding Roman York
- 62 Low Petergate
- Lendal Bridge
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Jewbury Cemetery