Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Constantius Chlorus
- Gold Arm Ring
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Greyfriars
- Judges Lodging
- York Castle Museum
- Stonegate
- A Pipkin
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Ripon College for Women
- Viking Silk Cap
- York's first historian: Francis Drake