Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Ouse Bridge
- York and the Holocaust
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York's Airfield
- The Mansion House
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The First Minster
- King Richard II and York
- Holy Trinity Church
- Water Lanes
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Crest of York St John College
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The New Theatre