Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- 62 Low Petergate
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Vikings and Christianity
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Transport Moves On
- Bronze weights
- Teaching the Poor
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Bar Convent