Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Our Lady's Row
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Multangular Tower
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Ouse Bridge
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Medieval Castle
- The Norman House
- Water Lanes
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Teaching the Poor
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Church of St Wilfrid