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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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Viking Boot
- Lendal Tower
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Bronze weights
- York Railway Station
- The Multangular Tower
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Norman Minster
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York Art Gallery
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Norman Castle
- The Medieval Abbey
- Hair of a Roman Girl