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 St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- York Castle Museum
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Roman Fortress
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Viking Coins
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Council of Arles
- Bootham Bar
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Bone Trial Piece
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Artists, Writers and Scientists