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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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Boot
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Viking Silk Cap
- King Edward III and York
- The Medieval Abbey
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Horn of Ulf
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The First Minster
- Military Belt Fitting
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Barley Hall
- Anglian Hanging Bowl