Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York Art Gallery
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Yorkshire Museum
- Norman Window Frame
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The George Fox Incident
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Viking Boot
- The York Observatory
- Middleham Jewel
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Fire in the Minster
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions