Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Debtors' Prison
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Horn of Ulf
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Norman Castle
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Ripon College for Women
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Monk Bar
- Statue of the God Mars
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York Art Gallery
- Stonegate
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom