Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription to Hecules
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Medieval Minster
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Central Methodist Chapel
- St William's Shrine
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- George Leeman
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Abbot's House
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- York Castle Museum
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York Art Gallery
- A Pipkin
- Rowntree Park
- Anglian Hanging Bowl