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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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Coins
- Fishergate Bar
- The Female Prison
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bootham School
- Industrial Upheaval
- Anglian Cross
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Red Tower
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- A New University
- The Retreat
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Treasurer's House
- The New Theatre