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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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Ouse Bridge
- Bronze weights
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Shambles
- Teaching the Poor
- The New Theatre
- Bootham Bar
- The Debtors' Prison
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- King Edward III and York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'