Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Holy Trinity Church
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Medieval Abbey
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Cinema Comes to York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Viking Sword Pommel
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- George Leeman
- King Edward III and York
- All Saints Church, North Street