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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Judges Lodging
- The First Minster
- York Art Gallery
- Roman Head Pot
- The Norman House
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The County Court House
- Dick Turpin
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Stonegate
- King Richard II and York
- The 1190 Massacre
- York Castle Museum