Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Monk Bar
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Medieval Prisons
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- 62 Low Petergate
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Bar Convent
- De Grey Rooms
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Bootham School
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Castle Museum
- Vikings and Christianity
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Debtors' Prison
- York Union Gas Works