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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bootham Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- A New University
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Guildhall
- King Edward III and York
- Anglian Carving
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- King Edward II and York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Multangular Tower
- The Norman Minster