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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bootham School
- King Richard II and York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Medieval Minster
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Inscription to Hecules
- Viking Male Grooming
- Ripon College for Women
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Military Belt Fitting
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Railway Institute
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Vikings and Christianity