Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York Garrison
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Bootham Bar
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The End of the Abbey
- The York Observatory
- Viking Coins
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Shambles
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window