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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Crux's Church
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Anglian Carving
- The York Observatory
- The First Railway Station
- Minster Library
- Crest of York St John College
- The Mystery Plays
- Church of St Olave
- The Minster in Viking Times
- King Richard III and York
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Castle Museum
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The New Theatre
- Viking Silk Cap
- Water Lanes