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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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- John Carr - Architect
- York Castle Museum
- The Horn of Ulf
- Treasurer's House
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York Art Gallery
- St Crux's Church
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- First World War Memorial
- Ouse Bridge
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Hospitium
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Red Tower
- King Richard III and York
- Second World War York
- Church of St Helen