Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Second World War York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Minster Library
- The York Helmet
- The Bar Convent
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The George Fox Incident
- York Central Library
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Multangular Tower
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York Bombed
- New Earswick
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Medieval Prisons