Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Abbot's House
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Medieval Castle
- The New Theatre
- York's Airfield
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Scarborough Bridge
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Hospitium
- The Norman Minster
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Medieval Abbey
- York St John in the 20th Century
- King Edward III and York
- Gold Arm Ring
- Bones of a Roman Combatant