Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Our Lady's Row
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Viking Coins
- Bronze weights
- Fishergate Bar
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York's Coat of Arms
- Holy Trinity Church
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Horn of Ulf
- Fire in the Minster
- York Castle Museum
- York Union Gas Works
- Teaching the Poor
- The Debtors' Prison
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Roman Head Pot