Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Barker Tower
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bootham School
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- George Leeman
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Red Tower
- Bronze weights
- Church of St Olave
- Ripon College for Women
- Viking Boot
- Viking Male Grooming
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Black Death
- York Art Gallery