Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Olive Oil Container
- The Retreat
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Fire in the Minster
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Dick Turpin
- Minster Library
- Treasurer's House
- George Leeman
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa