Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Silver Strap Ends
- Bronze weights
- Norman Window Frame
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Inscription to Hecules
- King Richard II and York
- The Assembly Rooms
- The First Railway Station
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Abbot's House
- The Mansion House
- Bootham Bar
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Vikings and Christianity
- Ouse Bridge
- The York Hoard
- The White Rose of York