Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Red Tower
- The Shambles
- 62 Low Petergate
- York and the Holocaust
- The Hospitium
- Yorkshire Museum
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- View from Station Rise
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Alcuin of York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Constantius Chlorus
- York Bombed
- Roman Gods and Goddesses