Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Stonegate
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Norman Window Frame
- Church of St Helen
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Gold Arm Ring
- Crest of York St John College
- St William's Shrine
- York Railway Station
- The Norman Abbey
- St Crux's Church
- Second World War York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The York Observatory
- Lendal Tower
- Artists, Writers and Scientists