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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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Mystery Plays
- A New University
- Bone Trial Piece
- Viking Coins
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Second World War York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York and the Holocaust
- Clifford's Tower
- Fairfax House
- Fishergate Bar
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Walmgate Bar
- The First Railway Station
- First World War Memorial