Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Walmgate Bar
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The First Minster
- Viking Male Grooming
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- King Edward II and York
- Sixties York
- The Greyfriars
- Middleham Jewel
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Railway Station
- The York Hoard
- Water Lanes
- York's first historian: Francis Drake