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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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- King Edward I and York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Cawood Sword
- Feeding Roman York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- New Earswick
- The Female Prison
- The Debtors' Prison
- Judges Lodging
- The Shambles
- Middleham Jewel
- John Carr - Architect