Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The County Court House
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Bronze weights
- Middleham Jewel
- The Red Tower
- New Earswick
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Dick Turpin
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- 62 Low Petergate
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Greyfriars
- Cinema Comes to York
- York Castle Museum