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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Red Tower
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- New Earswick
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Anglian Carving
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Mansion House
- The Mystery Plays
- St Crux's Church
- Mary Ward
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Gold Arm Ring
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle