Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Amber Bead Workshop
- King Edward II and York
- The End of the Abbey
- Minster Library
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Lendal Tower
- Transport Moves On
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York and the Holocaust
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York Garrison
- Clifford's Tower
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa