Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Inscription to Hecules
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Judges Lodging
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Industrial Upheaval
- Statue of the God Mars
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Sixties York
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Royal Station Hotel
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Feeding Roman York
- Mithras and Arimanius