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 City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Middleham Jewel
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Basilica
- The First Railway Station
- Viking Silk Cap
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bronze weights
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Multangular Tower
- Anglian Carving
- The Railway Institute
- Jubbergate
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Fairfax House
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop