Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- York Central Library
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The First Railway Station
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Viking Coins
- Viking Boot
- The York Helmet
- King Richard II and York
- Margaret Clitherow
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Norman Window Frame
- The Greyfriars
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Monk Bar
- The Horn of Ulf