Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward II and York
- George Leeman
- Lendal Bridge
- Statue of an Athlete
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Is York Cursed?
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Victorian Prison Building
- King Richard III and York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Inscription to Hecules
- York Castle Museum
- Glazed Medieval Jug