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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Battle of the Standard
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- William Etty, Artist
- Fairfax House
- Barker Tower
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Middleham Jewel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Female Prison
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Statue of an Athlete
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning