Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York Castle Museum
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Skeldergate Bridge
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Ouse Bridge
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York Bombed
- Victoria Bar
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York Railway Station
- Jewbury Cemetery