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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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Hospitium
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bootham Bar
- Rowntree Park
- The Minster in Viking Times
- View from Station Rise
- Scarborough Bridge
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The New Theatre
- Viking Boot
- Alcuin of York
- The York Helmet
- Church of St Helen
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Basilica