Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Minster Library
- Royal Station Hotel
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Norman House
- The Roman Fortress
- Norman Window Frame
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Bootham Bar
- The Female Prison
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Viking Male Grooming
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- St Leonard's Hospital