Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- The Basilica
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Church of St Olave
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- A Pipkin
- New Earswick
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Micklegate Bar
- The Norman Castle
- A New Walk
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York's Medieval Synagogue