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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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Head Pot
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Anglian Carving
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Teaching the Poor
- The Railway Institute
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Olive Oil Container
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Military Belt Fitting
- George Leeman
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Anglian Burial Vessel