Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Is York Cursed?
- Guy Fawkes
- Church of St Helen
- King Richard II and York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Roman Fortress
- Water Lanes
- New Shopping Centres
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Barley Hall
- Treasurer's House
- The George Fox Incident
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Teaching the Poor
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head