Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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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 Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Female Prison
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Dick Turpin
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Treasurer's House
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Barker Tower
- York Castle Museum
- A Pipkin
- Roman Chimney Pot