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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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Black Death
- View from Station Rise
- Minster Library
- The Female Prison
- Walmgate Bar
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Church of St Helen
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- New Shopping Centres
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Lendal Tower
- The York Observatory
- Silver Strap Ends
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Anglian Cross
- King's Manor - Victorian