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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Airfield
- King Richard II and York
- Holy Trinity Church
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Minster Library
- First World War Memorial
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Is York Cursed?
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Shambles
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Church of St Olave
- Daniel Defoe's York
- A Pipkin
- Cinema Comes to York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers