Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Ouse Bridge
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Norman Castle
- Monk Bar
- The Minster after the Reformation
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York Railway Station
- Our Lady's Row
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The New Theatre
- The Female Prison
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Black Death
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Ripon College for Women