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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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Barker Tower
- Viking Boot
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Mystery Plays
- The Shambles
- Lendal Bridge
- York Garrison
- Gold Finger Ring
- King Edward III and York
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- William Etty, Artist
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Viking Male Grooming
- Walmgate Bar