Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Holocaust
- Fairfax House
- Jubbergate
- York Railway Station
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York Central Library
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- King Richard II and York
- The County Court House
- The Roman Fortress
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The First Railway Station
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre