Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The 1190 Massacre
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Viking Silk Cap
- New Earswick
- Viking Male Grooming
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Roman Head Pot
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Minster Library
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York Union Gas Works