Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Railway Station
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Horn of Ulf
- Viking Male Grooming
- The First Railway Station
- Crest of York St John College
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Church of St Olave
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Fire in the Minster
- Guy Fawkes
- Middleham Jewel
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall