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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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- 62 Low Petergate
- The First Railway Station
- Medieval Prisons
- York's Coat of Arms
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Roman Fortress
- The Norman Abbey
- The Basilica
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Ouse Bridge
- Clifford's Tower
- The Railway Institute
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Inscription to Hecules
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Dick Turpin