Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Roman Fortress
- Bootham Bar
- Mary Ward
- Holy Trinity Church
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Hospitium
- Victoria Bar
- The Railway Institute
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The First Railway Station
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Debtors' Prison
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop