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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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- King Edward I and York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Roman Head Pot
- The New Theatre
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Micklegate Bar
- The End of the Abbey
- Vikings and Christianity
- Ripon College for Women
- Water Lanes
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Railway Station
- The Debtors' Prison
- Industrial Upheaval