Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- Yorkshire Museum
- Olive Oil Container
- King Edward II and York
- Bone Trial Piece
- New Shopping Centres
- De Grey Rooms
- The White Rose of York
- Bootham School
- Statue of the God Mars
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Medieval Prisons
- Is York Cursed?
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Water Lanes
- The York Helmet
- Viking Sword Pommel