Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mystery Plays
- The Black Death
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Constantius Chlorus
- Bronze weights
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Sixties York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The County Court House
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Royal Station Hotel
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Battle of the Standard
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York Union Gas Works