Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Horn of Ulf
- Walmgate Bar
- St Crux's Church
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Cawood Sword
- Minster Library
- Fairfax House
- The Hospitium
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Barley Hall
- The First Minster
- King Edward III and York
- Bronze weights