Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Micklegate Bar
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Norman House
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- King Richard II and York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Norman Abbey
- The White Rose of York
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Monk Bar
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- A Pipkin
- The Battle of Marston Moor