Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Bootham Bar
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The First Minster
- King Richard III and York
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- De Grey Rooms
- Guy Fawkes
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Minster Library
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Water Lanes
- Ouse Bridge
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Barley Hall