Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Boot
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- York Central Library
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Cawood Sword
- Church of St Olave
- Gold Arm Ring
- Statue of an Athlete
- York Union Gas Works
- Inscription to Hecules
- Crest of York St John College
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Anglian Cross