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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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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- George Leeman
- Church of St Olave
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Mary Ward
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- St William's Shrine
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The First Railway Station
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Retreat