Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Railway Station
- Transport Moves On
- Lendal Bridge
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Norman House
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Victoria Bar
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- King Edward III and York
- Bone Trial Piece
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Roman Head Pot