Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in Viking Times
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Shambles
- Our Lady's Row
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York Castle Museum
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- De Grey Rooms
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity