Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Constantius Chlorus
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Red Tower
- The Female Prison
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Norman Castle
- Gold Arm Ring
- Lendal Tower
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Rowntree Park
- A Pipkin
- King Richard II and York
- The Horn of Ulf
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Judges Lodging