Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Inscription to Hecules
- Statue of the God Mars
- Yorkshire Museum
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York Railway Station
- New Shopping Centres
- St Leonard's Hospital
- St Crux's Church
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Black Death
- George Leeman
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Transport Moves On