Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Fairfax House
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Multangular Tower
- The First Minster
- Roman Chimney Pot
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Medieval Prisons
- A Pipkin
- The Black Death
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- King Edward II and York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Barker Tower
- The Hospitium