Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Scarborough Bridge
- The York Helmet
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The County Court House
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Monk Bar
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- King Edward II and York
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Guildhall
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Is York Cursed?
- The Cawood Sword
- View from Station Rise
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)