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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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- William Etty, Artist
- Jubbergate
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The George Fox Incident
- Medieval Prisons
- St William's Shrine
- King Edward I and York
- The Medieval Abbey
- Judges Lodging
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York Union Gas Works
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The York Helmet
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Barker Tower
- The Council of Arles