Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The York Helmet
- Rowntree Park
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Debtors' Prison
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- John Carr - Architect
- Mithras and Arimanius
- First World War Memorial
- The Minster after the Reformation