Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Holocaust
- The County Court House
- Margaret Clitherow
- The York Observatory
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The York Helmet
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- A New Vision For York
- York Central Library
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Battle of the Standard
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Our Lady's Row
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Yorkshire Museum