Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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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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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Barker Tower
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The New Theatre
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Water Lanes
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Fairfax House
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Barley Hall
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)