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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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward II and York
- Alcuin of York
- St William's Shrine
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Council of Arles
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- King Edward I and York
- Treasurer's House
- Central Methodist Chapel
- 62 Low Petergate
- Guy Fawkes
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Viking Coins
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Inscription to Hecules