Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Stonegate
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Basilica
- York's Coat of Arms
- Crest of York St John College
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- A Pipkin
- The 1190 Massacre
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- King Edward I and York
- Dick Turpin
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Margaret Clitherow
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Red Tower
- The Retreat