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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- A Pipkin
- A New University
- Statue of an Athlete
- First World War Memorial
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Feeding Roman York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Middleham Jewel
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Abbot's House
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Glazed Medieval Jug