Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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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 ...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Barley Hall
- King Richard III and York
- King Edward III and York
- Sixties York
- York and the Holocaust
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Central Library
- Eric Bloodaxe
- 62 Low Petergate
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Jubbergate
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Plum Cakes for Christmas