Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Scarborough Bridge
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Medieval Minster
- The Norman Minster
- York and the Holocaust
- Anglian Carving
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Shambles
- The Hospitium
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The White Rose of York
- Clifford's Tower
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning