Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Male Grooming
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- George Leeman
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Roman Head Pot
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The End of the Abbey
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Barker Tower
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The George Fox Incident
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Medieval Prisons
- The Norman Minster
- St Leonard's Hospital