Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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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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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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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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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- Treasurer's House
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Industrial Upheaval
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Viking Male Grooming
- King Edward I and York
- First World War York
- Norman Window Frame
- Constantius Chlorus
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The 1190 Massacre
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier