Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Central Library
- Teaching the Poor
- York Garrison
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- St Leonard's Hospital
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Yorkshire Museum
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Church of St Helen
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Norman Castle
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- 62 Low Petergate
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York