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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Royal Station Hotel
- Ripon College for Women
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- George Leeman
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Treasurer's House
- The Bar Convent
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Norman Minster
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall