Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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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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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Female Prison
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Debtors' Prison
- Jubbergate
- Stonegate
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Viking Coins
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Bronze weights
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Statue of an Athlete
- Our Lady's Row
- The Multangular Tower