Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Cawood Sword
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Viking Male Grooming
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- William Etty, Artist
- St William's Shrine
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Rowntree Park
- Anglian Carving
- The Horn of Ulf
- Barley Hall
- Treasurer's House
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior