Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- Anglian Carving
- Yorkshire Museum
- Monk Bar
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Mystery Plays
- The First Railway Station
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Ouse Bridge
- Holy Trinity Church
- A Pipkin
- York's Airfield
- Barley Hall
- A New University
- Industrial Upheaval
- St William's Shrine