Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Guy Fawkes
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Viking Boot
- Anglian Carving
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Medieval Castle
- First World War Memorial
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- A New University
- Bootham School
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway