Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Crest of York St John College
- Norman Window Frame
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Rowntree Park
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Mystery Plays
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York Union Gas Works
- The Multangular Tower
- The Norman Minster
- Alcuin of York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Margaret Clitherow