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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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- William Etty, Artist
- King Edward II and York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Silver Strap Ends
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Military Belt Fitting
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York Union Gas Works
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- First World War York
- Viking Boot
- King Richard III and York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Debtors' Prison