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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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Crux's Church
- The County Court House
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Barley Hall
- The Medieval Minster
- The Council of Arles
- New Earswick
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Medieval Abbey
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Norman Abbey
- The End of the Abbey
- Clifford's Tower
- Bootham Bar
- The Medieval Castle