Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard III and York
- Feeding Roman York
- King Edward II and York
- Teaching the Poor
- Statue of the God Mars
- Treasurer's House
- Margaret Clitherow
- York and the Holocaust
- York's Coat of Arms
- Lendal Bridge
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Medieval Abbey
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions