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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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Greyfriars
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Ripon College for Women
- Barker Tower
- The Multangular Tower
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Treasurer's House
- The Mansion House
- Industrial Upheaval
- Victoria Bar
- A New University
- Alcuin of York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- First World War Memorial