Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward I and York
- The Cawood Sword
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Judges Lodging
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Horn of Ulf
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York Central Library
- The Bar Convent
- Inscription to Hecules
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Mansion House
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Minster Library