Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- The Debtors' Prison
- Church of St Olave
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The York Helmet
- Treasurer's House
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Margaret Clitherow
- De Grey Rooms
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Fire in the Minster
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Dick Turpin
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Is York Cursed?