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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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Railway Station
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York's Airfield
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Assembly Rooms
- Dick Turpin
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- A New Vision For York
- The Norman Minster
- The Abbot's House
- Micklegate Bar
- The Red Tower
- Bootham School
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Inscription to Hecules
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa