Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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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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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Judges Lodging
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York Railway Station
- Viking Male Grooming
- The County Court House
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Roman Fortress
- St Crux's Church
- The Medieval Castle
- Feeding Roman York