Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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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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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The 1190 Massacre
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The York Hoard
- A New Walk
- Middleham Jewel
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Multangular Tower
- Victoria Bar
- Feeding Roman York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York Garrison
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- A Pipkin