Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Cawood Sword
- View from Station Rise
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York Union Gas Works
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Statue of the God Mars
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Assembly Rooms
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Medieval Abbey
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy