Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- St William's Shrine
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Olive Oil Container
- A Pipkin
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Debtors' Prison
- Teaching the Poor
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- King Richard II and York
- The Multangular Tower
- King Edward I and York