Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- Monk Bar
- Alcuin of York
- Judges Lodging
- The 1190 Massacre
- Bootham Bar
- York Central Library
- The Norman Abbey
- St William's Shrine
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Lendal Bridge
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Minster after the Reformation
- John Carr - Architect
- Olive Oil Container
- Royal Station Hotel
- Fire in the Minster
- First World War York