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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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Treasurer's House
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The George Fox Incident
- Mary Ward
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Medieval Castle
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The York Helmet
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Basilica
- George Leeman
- The First Minster
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Trams Pulled by Horses