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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Anglian Carving
- The Assembly Rooms
- Ripon College for Women
- The Debtors' Prison
- Judges Lodging
- Bronze weights
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Horn of Ulf
- York Union Gas Works
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Roman Fortress
- The Shambles
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'