Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War Memorial
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Cawood Sword
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Alcuin of York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Medieval Minster
- Judges Lodging