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 Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Helmet
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Church of St Olave
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Shambles
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Debtors' Prison
- Vikings and Christianity
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Margaret Clitherow