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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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Bar Convent
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Greyfriars
- Water Lanes
- Walmgate Bar
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Dick Turpin
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Basilica
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Stonegate
- First World War Memorial
- William Etty, Artist