Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- The York Hoard
- The Roman Fortress
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Fishergate Bar
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Viking Boot
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Hospitium
- A New University
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Anglian Carving
- Barley Hall