Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ouse Bridge
- Bronze weights
- York's Airfield
- William Etty, Artist
- York Castle Museum
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The York Observatory
- York and the Holocaust
- A Pipkin
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- John Carr - Architect
- Military Belt Fitting
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Medieval Castle
- Inscription to Hecules
- First World War Memorial
- The Cawood Sword
- Plum Cakes for Christmas