Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- William Etty, Artist
- The Horn of Ulf
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Railway Institute
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Ouse Bridge
- A Pipkin
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Barker Tower
- Viking Coins
- The Assembly Rooms
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Norman Castle
- Anglian Hanging Bowl