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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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Military Belt Fitting
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Bronze weights
- A New Walk
- The Norman Castle
- Roman Chimney Pot
- New Earswick
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- King Edward III and York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Ouse Bridge
- The Female Prison
- The Guildhall
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- View from Station Rise
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Monk Bar