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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York Union Gas Works
- Bronze weights
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Judges Lodging
- The Bar Convent
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- King Edward III and York
- The York Observatory
- Rebuilt in Stone
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The White Rose of York
- Sixties York
- St Leonard's Hospital