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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Transport Moves On
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Judges Lodging
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Barley Hall
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The White Rose of York
- Olive Oil Container
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Norman Minster
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Viking Silk Cap
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Treasurer's House
- Alcuin of York