Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Bronze weights
- The Cawood Sword
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- King Edward III and York
- The 1190 Massacre
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Stonegate
- First World War York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- A Pipkin
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries