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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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Carving
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Roman Fortress
- Daniel Defoe's York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Statue of Napoleon
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Hospitium
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Minster in Viking Times
- New Earswick