Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Jubbergate
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Cinema Comes to York
- The York Helmet
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The New Theatre
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Shambles
- The County Court House
- Vikings and Christianity
- Bootham Bar