Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- William Etty, Artist
- The Multangular Tower
- Lendal Bridge
- Industrial Upheaval
- Monk Bar
- Anglian Cross
- The Mansion House
- Ouse Bridge
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Cawood Sword
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier