Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Fire in the Minster
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The York Hoard
- The Greyfriars
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Central Methodist Chapel
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York Castle Museum
- York Union Gas Works
- The Debtors' Prison
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Stonegate
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity