Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mansion House
- Margaret Clitherow
- Scarborough Bridge
- King Richard II and York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Water Lanes
- Lendal Tower
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Statue of an Athlete
- King Edward II and York
- Gold Finger Ring
- Judges Lodging
- Fire in the Minster
- The County Court House
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The New Theatre