Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Medieval Abbey
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Middleham Jewel
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- New Shopping Centres
- Bootham School
- Vikings and Christianity
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York's Airfield
- Margaret Clitherow
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York and the Holocaust