Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Hospitium
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Judges Lodging
- Viking Male Grooming
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Viking Silk Cap
- Ripon College for Women
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Middleham Jewel
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Basilica
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Alcuin of York