Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Red Tower
- The Retreat
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Medieval Prisons
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Gold Finger Ring
- View from Station Rise
- The Council of Arles
- The White Rose of York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Middleham Jewel
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The York Observatory
- Viking Boot