Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Castle
- The York Helmet
- Walmgate Bar
- The Battle of the Standard
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Railway Institute
- Viking Male Grooming
- Lendal Bridge
- Crest of York St John College
- The Female Prison
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Barker Tower
- The Black Death
- The Guildhall
- Rowntree Park
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop