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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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Bombed
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Mystery Plays
- King Edward I and York
- St Leonard's Hospital
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The George Fox Incident
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Basilica
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- William Etty, Artist