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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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Yorkshire Museum
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Female Prison
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York and the Holocaust
- The Mystery Plays
- The George Fox Incident
- King Edward I and York
- Viking Boot
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Abbot's House
- York Art Gallery
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- St William's Shrine
- Church of St Olave