Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Multangular Tower
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Inscription to Hecules
- Ripon College for Women
- The Red Tower
- The Debtors' Prison
- Viking Male Grooming
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- De Grey Rooms
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Anglian Cross
- The Battle of Marston Moor