Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Water Lanes
- Viking Silk Cap
- The End of the Abbey
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Ripon College for Women
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Bone Trial Piece
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Is York Cursed?
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The New Theatre
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York's Coat of Arms
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Holy Trinity Church