Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Tower
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Railway Institute
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Crest of York St John College
- York's Coat of Arms
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Bronze weights
- Guy Fawkes
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York Central Library
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Bootham School