Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Shambles
- York Central Library
- Viking Silk Cap
- York's Airfield
- The New Theatre
- The York Helmet
- Royal Station Hotel
- Fire in the Minster
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Bar Convent
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Barley Hall
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Yorkshire Museum