Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The New Theatre
- Fairfax House
- The White Rose of York
- Industrial Upheaval
- Viking Coins
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- St Leonard's Hospital
- First World War York
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Guy Fawkes
- York Garrison
- New Earswick
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa