Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Bar Convent
- The Norman House
- Church of St Helen
- Olive Oil Container
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Treasurer's House
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- View from Station Rise
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Pilgrimage of Grace