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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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Garrison
- A Pipkin
- Ripon College for Women
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Red Tower
- The York Helmet
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- A New Walk
- The Basilica
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Anglian Cross
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The George Fox Incident
- Church of St Olave