Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The White Rose of York
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Medieval Prisons
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Norman Abbey
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Sixties York
- The Retreat
- Micklegate Bar
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The New Theatre
- Middleham Jewel
- George Leeman
- The Abbot's House
- York's first historian: Francis Drake