Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The County Court House
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Fire in the Minster
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Victoria Bar
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Female Prison
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Multangular Tower
- The Hospitium
- The Medieval Castle
- De Grey Rooms
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Bar Convent