Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Boot
- First World War York
- Fire in the Minster
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Gold Finger Ring
- New Shopping Centres
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Ouse Bridge
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Fairfax House
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Statue of Napoleon
- York and the Holocaust
- King Richard II and York
- The Black Death