Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Fishergate Bar
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Victoria Bar
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- St William's Shrine
- The First Railway Station
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- York Central Library
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Mansion House
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The York Hoard
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa