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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Cross
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Margaret Clitherow
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- View from Station Rise
- The Roman Fortress
- King Edward III and York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Guildhall
- Our Lady's Row
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Viking Silk Cap
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Feeding Roman York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Skeldergate Bridge