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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The 1190 Massacre
- Military Belt Fitting
- Ouse Bridge
- Vikings and Christianity
- Church of St Olave
- Viking Male Grooming
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The First Railway Station
- Statue of Napoleon
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Clifford's Tower
- Anglian Cross
- The Minster in the 18th Century