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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- Ripon College for Women
- Ouse Bridge
- Lendal Bridge
- The Mystery Plays
- York Union Gas Works
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Norman Minster
- St Crux's Church
- Dick Turpin
- King Edward II and York
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Medieval Prisons
- New Earswick
- Jubbergate