Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- New Shopping Centres
- Medieval Prisons
- York Railway Station
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Military Belt Fitting
- New Earswick
- The Mansion House
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Viking Male Grooming
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Church of St Olave
- Fairfax House