Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Middleham Jewel
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The York Hoard
- Viking Coins
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The First Minster
- Stonegate
- Feeding Roman York
- Barker Tower
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- King Richard II and York
- The Medieval Abbey
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Hospitium
- Our Lady's Row
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier