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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Viking Coins
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Gold Finger Ring
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The First Minster
- Gold Arm Ring
- Anglian Carving
- King Edward III and York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'