Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Minster
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Micklegate Bar
- The End of the Abbey
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- 62 Low Petergate
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bootham School
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- De Grey Rooms
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Constantius Chlorus
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop