Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- Ouse Bridge
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Lendal Tower
- Minster Library
- Bootham School
- The York Hoard
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Abbot's House
- The Hospitium
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Viking Male Grooming
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Crossed Keys Symbol