Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Ripon College for Women
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Anglian Cross
- Is York Cursed?
- Inscription to Hecules
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The New Theatre
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Fire in the Minster
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Bootham Bar
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Minster in Viking Times
- De Grey Rooms