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/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- The Debtors' Prison
- Is York Cursed?
- York Union Gas Works
- Jubbergate
- Viking Coins
- Anglian Carving
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- New Earswick
- Micklegate Bar
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Water Lanes
- The Victorian Prison Building
- King Edward III and York
- Church of St Helen
- York Castle Museum