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
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Guildhall
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Shambles
- The York Helmet
- Guy Fawkes
- York Castle Museum
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Walmgate Bar
- Treasurer's House
- The New Theatre
- Mary Ward
- The York Hoard