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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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Battle of the Standard
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- A Pipkin
- The Retreat
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Holy Trinity Church
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Lendal Bridge
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Royal Station Hotel
- First World War York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Sixties York