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
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Retreat
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Gold Finger Ring
- York in the fifteenth Century
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Cinema Comes to York
- York Bombed
- Dick Turpin
- The Council of Arles
- Minster Library
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Red Tower
- The First Railway Station
- Viking Silk Cap
- The New Theatre
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Elizabeth Boardingham