Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Viking Coins
- The Council of Arles
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Bronze weights
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Is York Cursed?
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Horn of Ulf
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Red Tower
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York Railway Station
- The Medieval Minster