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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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- The Council of Arles
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The First Railway Station
- Sixties York
- York Central Library
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Judges Lodging
- The Abbot's House
- The Retreat
- Olive Oil Container
- Roman Head Pot
- Barley Hall
- The Roman Fortress