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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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The End of the Abbey
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Minster Library
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Industrial Upheaval
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Viking Silk Cap
- The County Court House
- The Norman Minster
- York Union Gas Works
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Margaret Clitherow
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Newgate Cross Shaft