Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Fire in the Minster
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York Railway Station
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Daniel Defoe's York
- A Pipkin
- King Richard III and York
- Royal Station Hotel
- St Crux's Church
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Hospitium