Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The First Minster
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Inscription to Hecules
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Cawood Sword
- Gold Finger Ring
- Water Lanes
- The Council of Arles
- Feeding Roman York
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Abbot's House
- De Grey Rooms
- Bootham Bar
- The White Rose of York