Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Coins
- The Shambles
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- A Pipkin
- King Edward III and York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Bombed
- Treasurer's House
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Barker Tower
- Medieval Prisons
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Inscription to Hecules