Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- De Grey Rooms
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York Central Library
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York Railway Station
- York and the Holocaust
- York Garrison
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Ouse Bridge
- The York Hoard
- The Railway Institute
- Royal Station Hotel
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Multangular Tower