Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- King Edward I and York
- William Etty, Artist
- Teaching the Poor
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- A New Walk
- Anglian Carving
- The Norman Abbey
- First World War York
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Church of St Helen
- Viking Silk Cap
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Hair of a Roman Girl