Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- 62 Low Petergate
- Viking Coins
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Statue of the God Mars
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The 1190 Massacre
- Teaching the Poor
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Transport Moves On
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Barley Hall
- Glazed Medieval Jug