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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- 62 Low Petergate
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Bar Convent
- Viking Coins
- The Medieval Minster
- First World War York
- Teaching the Poor
- John Carr - Architect
- The Red Tower
- Fishergate Bar
- Sixties York
- King Richard II and York
- Yorkshire Museum
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)