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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- First World War York
- Transport Moves On
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Cawood Sword
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Council of Arles
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Dick Turpin
- The First Minster
- Statue of Napoleon
- Viking Silk Cap
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom