Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Jubbergate
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Yorkshire Museum
- Bootham School
- York's Coat of Arms
- Guy Fawkes
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Female Prison
- Sixties York
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Middleham Jewel
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Medieval Abbey