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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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Bronze weights
- The Abbot's House
- Norman Window Frame
- Crest of York St John College
- Gold Arm Ring
- Alcuin of York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Guy Fawkes
- William Etty, Artist
- Vikings and Christianity
- Minster Library
- The Debtors' Prison
- King Edward III and York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Minster in the 19th Century