Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The End of the Abbey
- Holy Trinity Church
- Bronze weights
- Stonegate
- Constantius Chlorus
- Bootham Bar
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Bootham School
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Viking Coins
- Teaching the Poor
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Olive Oil Container
- The Victorian Prison Building