Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fire in the Minster
- Statue of an Athlete
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Monk Bar
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Cawood Sword
- King Richard II and York
- Church of St Olave
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Stonegate
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- A New Vision For York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Female Prison
- King Edward I and York