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 Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- Sixties York
- Statue of an Athlete
- Viking Coins
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Abbot's House
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Scarborough Bridge
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Statue of the God Mars
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- A New University
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Military Belt Fitting
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The York Helmet