Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Finger Ring
- York Art Gallery
- The York Observatory
- A New Vision For York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- A New Walk
- The Female Prison
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The George Fox Incident
- Cinema Comes to York