Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Shopping Centres
- Jubbergate
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Monk Bar
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Treasurer's House
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Red Tower
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Feeding Roman York
- Vikings and Christianity
- Judges Lodging
- John Carr - Architect
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity