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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Head Pot
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- A New University
- The Greyfriars
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Teaching the Poor
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Assembly Rooms
- Statue of Napoleon
- King Richard III and York
- First World War Memorial
- The Medieval Castle
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Sixties York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Basilica