Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Our Lady's Row
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- 62 Low Petergate
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Sixties York
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Medieval Prisons
- Judges Lodging
- The York Hoard
- The First Railway Station
- Constantius Chlorus
- Gold Finger Ring
- Jubbergate