Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Airfield
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Fairfax House
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Dick Turpin
- Church of St Olave
- Bootham School
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Lendal Tower
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Norman Window Frame