Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Female Prison
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Inscription to Hecules
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Holy Trinity Church
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The End of the Abbey
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Victoria Bar
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Railway Institute
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The First Minster
- Viking Coins