Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Guy Fawkes
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The York Hoard
- Lendal Bridge
- The County Court House
- The York Helmet
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Jubbergate
- The Norman Abbey
- York and the Holocaust
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Mary Ward
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Viking Boot
- Cinema Comes to York