Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The York Helmet
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Cawood Sword
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Roman Head Pot
- Central Methodist Chapel
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Gold Arm Ring
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Medieval Abbey
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Anglian Carving
- York Union Gas Works