Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Lendal Tower
- Feeding Roman York
- Church of St Helen
- St Crux's Church
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Norman Minster
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Medieval Abbey
- Lendal Bridge
- The Greyfriars