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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Mithras and Arimanius
- King Richard II and York
- The Norman Minster
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Medieval Prisons
- The Guildhall
- The First Railway Station
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Norman Abbey
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Stonegate
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York Castle Museum