Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Minster Library
- Statue of Napoleon
- Bootham Bar
- George Leeman
- Guy Fawkes
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Basilica
- Bootham School
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Walmgate Bar
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Jubbergate
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Railway Institute