Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Black Death
- Fishergate Bar
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Fairfax House
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Medieval Abbey
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Barker Tower
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The First Minster
- The York Observatory
- Statue of an Athlete
- New Earswick
- The Norman House
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries