Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Viking Boot
- Silver Strap Ends
- Minster Library
- York's Coat of Arms
- William Etty, Artist
- The York Helmet
- Anglian Cross
- The First Railway Station
- The White Rose of York
- Scarborough Bridge
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Minster in the 19th Century