Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- King Richard II and York
- John Carr - Architect
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Gold Finger Ring
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- View from Station Rise
- William Etty, Artist
- Skeldergate Bridge
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Micklegate Bar
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Statue of Napoleon
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- St Crux's Church