Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward I and York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The First Railway Station
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Norman Window Frame
- The Black Death
- Stonegate
- The Cawood Sword
- Bone Trial Piece
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Retreat
- The Mystery Plays
- York and the Holocaust
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Jewbury Cemetery