Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Norman Window Frame
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Jubbergate
- The Assembly Rooms
- Viking Silk Cap
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- New Shopping Centres
- The First Railway Station
- Fire in the Minster
- Fishergate Bar
- York and the Holocaust
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- George Leeman
- Bootham School
- Teaching the Poor
- Ouse Bridge
- Constantius Chlorus