Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The New Theatre
- The First Railway Station
- The White Rose of York
- Norman Window Frame
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The York Helmet
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Hospitium
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Feeding Roman York
- Viking Boot
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Olive Oil Container
- Anglian Cross
- Industrial Upheaval
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Mansion House