Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Hoard
- Barley Hall
- Minster Library
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The York Observatory
- The Black Death
- Viking Coins
- Monk Bar
- St Crux's Church
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York Union Gas Works
- First World War Memorial
- Is York Cursed?
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool