Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Middleham Jewel
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The 1190 Massacre
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Alcuin of York
- Lendal Tower
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Abbot's House
- Central Methodist Chapel
- King Richard II and York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith