Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Council of Arles
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The York Helmet
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The End of the Abbey
- The Horn of Ulf
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- St William's Shrine
- Church of St Helen