Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Norman Abbey
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The First Minster
- York Castle Museum
- Clifford's Tower
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bronze weights
- The Guildhall
- New Earswick
- Second World War York
- Statue of Napoleon
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Jewbury Cemetery
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York