Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Shopping Centres
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Assembly Rooms
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- St William's Shrine
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Water Lanes
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Anglian Carving
- King Edward III and York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Union Gas Works
- Barker Tower
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Skeldergate Bridge