Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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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...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Bridge
- The Black Death
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Transport Moves On
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The White Rose of York
- Bootham School
- First World War York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Norman Minster
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Our Lady's Row
- York and the Holocaust
- Fairfax House
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters