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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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Sword Pommel
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Barley Hall
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Ouse Bridge
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- King Edward II and York
- Fairfax House
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Middleham Jewel
- Statue of the God Mars
- York Castle Museum
- York Bombed
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries