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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Norman Castle
- St William's Shrine
- Margaret Clitherow
- Walmgate Bar
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York Union Gas Works
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Basilica
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Dick Turpin
- York Castle Museum
- The Black Death
- Jubbergate
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- William Etty, Artist