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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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- John Carr - Architect
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Monk Bar
- St William's Shrine
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Gold Finger Ring
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Multangular Tower
- Church of St Olave
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Alcuin of York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)