Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- York Bombed
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The George Fox Incident
- Fairfax House
- Constantius Chlorus
- Micklegate Bar
- St William's Shrine
- Middleham Jewel
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- New Shopping Centres
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Roman Gods and Goddesses