Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Olive Oil Container
- Bootham Bar
- Viking Silk Cap
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Statue of an Athlete
- St Crux's Church
- York and the Holocaust
- York Castle Museum
- The George Fox Incident
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Ouse Bridge
- York Railway Station
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Statue of the God Mars
- Bronze weights
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Norman Minster