Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Fire in the Minster
- Ouse Bridge
- Anglian Cross
- William Etty, Artist
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Fairfax House
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York in the fifteenth Century
- New Earswick
- The York Observatory
- Crest of York St John College
- Judges Lodging
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The First Railway Station