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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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- De Grey Rooms
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Basilica
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Church of St Olave
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Barley Hall
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Middleham Jewel
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Norman House
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- King Edward II and York
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York