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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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- A New Vision For York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Fire in the Minster
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Lendal Tower
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Treasurer's House
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Council of Arles
- Sixties York
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Retreat
- Bootham Bar
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate