Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The White Rose of York
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Judges Lodging
- Feeding Roman York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Monk Bar
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- King Richard III and York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Silver Strap Ends
- York Bombed
- Guy Fawkes
- Viking Boot
- Artists, Writers and Scientists