Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Medieval Minster
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Norman Castle
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Roman Chimney Pot
- York Railway Station
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Jubbergate
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Medieval Abbey
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Gold Finger Ring
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'