Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Statue of the God Mars
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Walmgate Bar
- Bootham Bar
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Hospitium
- The Council of Arles
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Barley Hall
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York Union Gas Works
- Victoria Bar
- The York Helmet