Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Bar Convent
- Viking Male Grooming
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Ripon College for Women
- New Earswick
- York Railway Station
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Statue of Napoleon
- Our Lady's Row
- York and the Holocaust
- King Richard II and York
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Olive Oil Container
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Mystery Plays