Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The York Observatory
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Industrial Upheaval
- Middleham Jewel
- The Mansion House
- Micklegate Bar
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Red Tower
- The Multangular Tower
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Monk Bar
- King Edward II and York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Jubbergate
- Inscription to Hecules
- Statue of the God Mars