Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Medieval Abbey
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Crest of York St John College
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Viking Boot
- The White Rose of York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- King Richard II and York
- York Art Gallery
- Guy Fawkes
- The Minster in the 19th Century