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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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Norman House
- King Richard III and York
- Jubbergate
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The County Court House
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Basilica
- Fire in the Minster
- Transport Moves On
- York Union Gas Works
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Church of All Saints Pavement