Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree Park
- Fire in the Minster
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Bronze weights
- York Castle Museum
- King Edward III and York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- John Carr - Architect
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Multangular Tower
- The Roman Fortress
- The Battle of the Standard
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The First Minster
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning