Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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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.
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Church of St Helen
- Bootham School
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Black Death
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Viking Coins
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Bronze weights
- The York Observatory
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Feeding Roman York
- The Norman House
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Tombstone of Julia Velva