Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Bootham Bar
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Church of St Olave
- St Crux's Church
- A New University
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Medieval Castle
- The End of the Abbey
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Ouse Bridge
- Teaching the Poor