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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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Retreat
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Norman Minster
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York in the fifteenth Century
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Church of St Helen
- The Shambles
- Yorkshire Museum