Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Castle
- New Earswick
- Monk Bar
- Treasurer's House
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Church of St Helen
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Middleham Jewel
- Minster Library
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Statue of Napoleon
- York's Coat of Arms
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Medieval Prisons
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Medieval Chamber Pot