Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Walmgate Bar
- The Shambles
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York Castle Museum
- Middleham Jewel
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Norman Minster
- The Roman Fortress
- Margaret Clitherow
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Retreat
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Bootham School
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning