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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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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Debtors' Prison
- Is York Cursed?
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The New Theatre
- William Etty, Artist
- New Earswick
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Greyfriars
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Norman Minster
- View from Station Rise
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Our Lady's Row
- A Pipkin
- Norman Window Frame