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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- Our Lady's Row
- York and the Holocaust
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The First Minster
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Yorkshire Museum
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- A New Vision For York
- The Council of Arles
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- York's Coat of Arms
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Water Lanes
- Amber Bead Workshop