Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Railway Institute
- York's Airfield
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Bootham School
- York Central Library
- Olive Oil Container
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Bootham Bar
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Norman Abbey
- The Hospitium
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Hair of a Roman Girl