Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- York's Airfield
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The 1190 Massacre
- Yorkshire Museum
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Basilica
- The Norman House
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Walmgate Bar
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The York Observatory
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Mansion House
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity