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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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- A New University
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Norman Minster
- Fishergate Bar
- Transport Moves On
- York Railway Station
- The Norman House
- York Central Library
- Treasurer's House
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Railway Institute
- Rebuilt in Stone