Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of the Standard
- Ouse Bridge
- Scarborough Bridge
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Middleham Jewel
- Constantius Chlorus
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The First Railway Station
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Shambles
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Fishergate Bar
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom