Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Minster Library
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Roman Fortress
- New Earswick
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Norman Abbey
- Fairfax House
- Statue of an Athlete
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Medieval Minster
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Military Belt Fitting
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Alcuin of York