Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bone Trial Piece
- Gold Arm Ring
- Feeding Roman York
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Battle of the Standard
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Alcuin of York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Monk Bar
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Multangular Tower
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The White Rose of York
- Jubbergate
- Eric Bloodaxe