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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Statue of an Athlete
- York Castle Museum
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Vikings and Christianity
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Micklegate Bar
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Judges Lodging
- Teaching the Poor
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Medieval Prisons
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- King Richard II and York
- Lendal Bridge
- Transport Moves On