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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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Norman Window Frame
- A Pipkin
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Gold Arm Ring
- Church of St Olave
- Barley Hall
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Battle of the Standard
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Is York Cursed?
- Fire in the Minster
- Minster Library
- The Hospitium
- Bootham Bar
- Mary Ward
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Statue of the God Mars