Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- Roman Head Pot
- Scarborough Bridge
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Military Belt Fitting
- Bronze weights
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Minster Library
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Fishergate Bar
- York Castle Museum
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Medieval Castle
- Ripon College for Women
- The Battle of the Standard
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Bone Trial Piece