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 York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Guildhall
- The Debtors' Prison
- The First Minster
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Victoria Bar
- King Richard II and York
- Mary Ward
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Teaching the Poor