Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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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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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The York Helmet
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Abbot's House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Lendal Bridge
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York Art Gallery
- The End of the Abbey
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York and the Holocaust
- Norman Window Frame
- York in the fifteenth Century
- John Carr - Architect