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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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- The Norman House
- Statue of the God Mars
- Roman Head Pot
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- St Crux's Church
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Female Prison
- The County Court House
- Transport Moves On
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Cinema Comes to York
- Jubbergate
- The Retreat
- The Basilica
- The Council of Arles