Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Transport Moves On
- Viking Coins
- Our Lady's Row
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Barley Hall
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Norman House
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Minster Library
- Statue of the God Mars
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Medieval Abbey
- Feeding Roman York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake