Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Norman Castle
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Guy Fawkes
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- King Edward III and York
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The York Hoard
- The York Helmet
- The Medieval Minster