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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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Mary Ward
- Middleham Jewel
- Norman Window Frame
- Second World War York
- The Assembly Rooms
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Olive Oil Container
- Monk Bar
- The York Observatory
- Minster Library
- The Medieval Abbey
- View from Station Rise
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Bronze weights
- Viking Male Grooming
- William Etty, Artist
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill