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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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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The York Helmet
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Medieval Castle
- The Assembly Rooms
- The George Fox Incident
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Red Tower
- The Bar Convent
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Medieval Minster
- The 1190 Massacre
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall