Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Central Library
- Royal Station Hotel
- Anglian Carving
- The Railway Institute
- First World War York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Sixties York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The York Observatory
- Roman Head Pot
- The Norman Minster
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- First World War Memorial
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Norman Castle
- The Shambles
- The Greyfriars