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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Cawood Sword
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Norman House
- First World War York
- A Pipkin
- Micklegate Bar
- The York Observatory
- Inscription to Hecules
- The 1190 Massacre
- The First Railway Station
- Viking Boot
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Hospitium
- The Black Death
- Lendal Bridge
- Teaching the Poor