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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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Greyfriars
- The Basilica
- The First Minster
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Inscription to Hecules
- Ouse Bridge
- The Minster in Viking Times
- King Edward I and York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- 62 Low Petergate
- Industrial Upheaval
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Teaching the Poor
- The Railway Institute
- Mary Ward