Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- Our Lady's Row
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- View from Station Rise
- George Leeman
- Inscription to Hecules
- St William's Shrine
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Guy Fawkes
- King Edward I and York
- Victoria Bar
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Viking Boot
- The Council of Arles