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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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Council of Arles
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Jewbury Cemetery
- John Carr - Architect
- The White Rose of York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Bar Convent
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Mansion House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Roman Head Pot
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street