Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- The York Observatory
- The Shambles
- The Norman House
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- King Edward III and York
- York Art Gallery
- Industrial Upheaval
- A New University
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Viking Boot
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Viking Coins
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries