Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Lendal Tower
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York and the Holocaust
- Guy Fawkes
- The Female Prison
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Anglian Carving
- Bootham Bar
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Black Death
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Medieval Castle