Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Clifford's Tower
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Female Prison
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Fishergate Bar
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Council of Arles
- A New Vision For York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Water Lanes
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries