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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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- King Edward III and York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Norman Castle
- Statue of the God Mars
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- A Pipkin
- The Cawood Sword
- Our Lady's Row
- Feeding Roman York
- Rowntree Park
- Sixties York
- Margaret Clitherow
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Viking Boot