Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Treasurer's House
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King Edward II and York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- First World War York
- Ripon College for Women
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Vikings and Christianity
- The York Hoard
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- St William's Shrine
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Holy Trinity Church
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Mithras and Arimanius