Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Clifford's Tower
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Church of St Olave
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The 1190 Massacre
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Greyfriars
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Victorian Prison Building
- View from Station Rise
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York Art Gallery
- Anglian Cross
- Norman Window Frame