Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Head Pot
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bronze weights
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York Castle Museum
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York Bombed
- New Earswick
- A Pipkin
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York Art Gallery
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The County Court House
- The 1190 Massacre
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers