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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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham School
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Norman Castle
- A New University
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Cawood Sword
- Stonegate
- The Debtors' Prison
- Sixties York
- Vikings and Christianity
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The First Railway Station
- Dick Turpin
- The Hospitium
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Norman Minster
- Crest of York St John College
- The Norman Abbey