Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Fishergate Bar
- The Medieval Castle
- Sixties York
- King Richard II and York
- The Medieval Abbey
- The York Helmet
- New Shopping Centres
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Norman Castle
- The Female Prison
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York Railway Station
- The Cawood Sword
- Clifford's Tower