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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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The First Minster
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The New Theatre
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The White Rose of York
- Teaching the Poor
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- New Earswick
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Debtors' Prison
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- King Richard III and York
- Clifford's Tower
- King Richard II and York