Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Teaching the Poor
- First World War Memorial
- The York Observatory
- The Multangular Tower
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Norman House
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Roman Fortress
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Dick Turpin
- Viking Coins
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York in the fifteenth Century
- New Shopping Centres
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels