Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard II and York
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Margaret Clitherow
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Battle of the Standard
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Norman House
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Roman Fortress
- The Medieval Abbey
- Church of St Olave
- Vikings and Christianity
- The York Hoard
- Judges Lodging
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters