Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Minster
- The Shambles
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- St Crux's Church
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Norman House
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The York Hoard
- Bronze weights
- A Pipkin
- Transport Moves On
- The Norman Abbey
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Industrial Upheaval
- Vikings and Christianity