Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The York Hoard
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- All Saints Church, North Street
- George Leeman
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Inscription to Hecules
- Bronze weights
- Mithras and Arimanius
- A Pipkin
- Royal Station Hotel
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Bootham School
- First World War York