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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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Statue of Napoleon
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- King Edward II and York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Shambles
- Middleham Jewel
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Female Prison
- The Medieval Minster
- Crest of York St John College
- The Multangular Tower
- Medieval Prisons
- The Norman Castle