Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Transport Moves On
- Ripon College for Women
- New Earswick
- The Basilica
- The Greyfriars
- York Art Gallery
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The York Helmet
- York Garrison
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Cawood Sword
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Bronze weights
- Fishergate Bar