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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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- The Black Death
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Abbot's House
- Medieval Prisons
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Hospitium
- Guy Fawkes
- The Mystery Plays
- The Retreat
- De Grey Rooms
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Railway Institute
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Norman Window Frame
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Horn of Ulf
- Elizabeth Boardingham