Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Walmgate Bar
- Bronze weights
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Ouse Bridge
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- New Earswick
- The Debtors' Prison
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Medieval Minster