Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Central Library
- The Council of Arles
- Is York Cursed?
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Retreat
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The York Helmet
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Guy Fawkes
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The White Rose of York
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York and the Holocaust
- Bronze weights
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Church of St Helen