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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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Holy Trinity Church
- The 1190 Massacre
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Mystery Plays
- York Garrison
- William Etty, Artist
- Viking Silk Cap
- Church of St Olave
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Female Prison
- The Retreat
- Fire in the Minster
- Bootham Bar
- The Black Death