Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- George Leeman
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Guy Fawkes
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Olive Oil Container
- The Assembly Rooms
- Bootham Bar
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- King Edward I and York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Horn of Ulf