Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Alcuin of York
- Water Lanes
- Victoria Bar
- York Bombed
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Norman Abbey
- The Debtors' Prison
- George Leeman
- Judges Lodging
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The York Helmet
- York's Airfield
- The Minster in Viking Times
- King Edward I and York
- Inscription to Hecules
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Minster in the 19th Century