Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Bridge
- Yorkshire Museum
- Olive Oil Container
- Roman Head Pot
- Ouse Bridge
- York Bombed
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Gold Arm Ring
- Bronze weights
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Viking Boot
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Treasurer's House