Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- The York Observatory
- Clifford's Tower
- Viking Boot
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Central Library
- Silver Strap Ends
- York and the Holocaust
- The Medieval Castle
- First World War York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Walmgate Bar
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Yorkshire Museum
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Church of St Wilfrid