Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- 62 Low Petergate
- Bronze weights
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Jubbergate
- Treasurer's House
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Greyfriars
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Norman Castle
- The Guildhall
- The Medieval Castle