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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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Stonegate
- The 1190 Massacre
- Military Belt Fitting
- Statue of the God Mars
- A Pipkin
- Fire in the Minster
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Horn of Ulf
- Ripon College for Women
- The Shambles