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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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Abbey
- Margaret Clitherow
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Battle of the Standard
- Our Lady's Row
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Micklegate Bar
- The First Railway Station
- Second World War York
- King Edward I and York
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Yorkshire Museum
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse