Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The New Theatre
- Gold Finger Ring
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Lendal Tower
- The Shambles
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bootham Bar
- Anglian Carving
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The George Fox Incident
- York Central Library
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Is York Cursed?
- View from Station Rise
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Judges Lodging