Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Constantius Chlorus
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Guildhall
- York Railway Station
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bootham Bar
- York's Coat of Arms
- Inscription to Hecules
- Viking Male Grooming
- Scarborough Bridge
- Gold Finger Ring
- Viking Boot
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Greyfriars
- The Norman House