Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Norman Window Frame
- The Assembly Rooms
- The White Rose of York
- The End of the Abbey
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- View from Station Rise
- The Basilica
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- St Crux's Church
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Viking Coins
- The Retreat
- The 1190 Massacre
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Minster in Viking Times