Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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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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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Female Prison
- The Victorian Prison Building
- King Edward I and York
- The Multangular Tower
- A Pipkin
- The York Helmet
- The White Rose of York
- York Art Gallery
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Sixties York
- Holy Trinity Church
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Guildhall
- Middleham Jewel