Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fishergate Bar
- The York Observatory
- Rowntree Park
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- George Leeman
- The Minster after the Reformation
- New Earswick
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Olive Oil Container
- Micklegate Bar
- A Pipkin
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Norman Abbey
- The Medieval Minster
- Bronze weights