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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Holocaust
- Second World War York
- The Bar Convent
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Fishergate Bar
- New Earswick
- Gold Arm Ring
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York's Airfield
- King Richard III and York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Viking Male Grooming
- Micklegate Bar
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Olive Oil Container