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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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York's Airfield
- King Edward I and York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Industrial Upheaval
- A New Walk
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Church of St Helen
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Transport Moves On
- The Bar Convent
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York Garrison
- The First Minster
- St Leonard's Hospital