Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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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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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- Viking Coins
- York in the fifteenth Century
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Barley Hall
- The Retreat
- The Multangular Tower
- Bronze weights
- York Bombed
- Monk Bar
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The 1190 Massacre
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Art Gallery
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier