Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The York Hoard
- Industrial Upheaval
- King Edward II and York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Lendal Tower
- King Richard III and York
- Alcuin of York
- York Castle Museum
- A Pipkin
- King Edward III and York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Debtors' Prison
- Statue of an Athlete
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Pilgrimage of Grace