Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Roman Head Pot
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- King Edward I and York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Council of Arles
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Bronze weights
- Bootham Bar
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Fire in the Minster
- York St John in the 20th Century
- King Edward II and York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions