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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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- Bootham Bar
- Clifford's Tower
- King Richard III and York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Norman Abbey
- New Earswick
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The York Helmet
- Roman Head Pot
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'