Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- Olive Oil Container
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- King Edward I and York
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Basilica
- Roman Head Pot
- Viking Boot
- The Red Tower
- St Crux's Church
- Scarborough Bridge
- Treasurer's House
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Multangular Tower
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Guy Fawkes