Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Crest of York St John College
- The Retreat
- Margaret Clitherow
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- King Richard III and York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Constantius Chlorus
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Mansion House
- York Union Gas Works
- View from Station Rise
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Anglian Cross
- St William's Shrine
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street