Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Cawood Sword
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Statue of an Athlete
- Judges Lodging
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Greyfriars
- The Shambles
- The White Rose of York
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York Garrison
- Bootham School
- The Bar Convent
- The 1190 Massacre