Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Cawood Sword
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York Garrison
- Bootham School
- The Abbot's House
- Medieval Prisons
- Scarborough Bridge
- York Castle Museum
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The New Theatre
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Teaching the Poor
- A New University