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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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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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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- St William's Shrine
- A New Walk
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York St John in the 20th Century
- New Shopping Centres
- The Medieval Minster
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Roman Fortress
- Vikings and Christianity
- Fire in the Minster
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- A New University
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Barley Hall