Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- Bone Trial Piece
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Mary Ward
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Bootham School
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- York Bombed
- De Grey Rooms
- King Edward III and York
- St William's Shrine
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Dick Turpin
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head