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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Stonegate
- Middleham Jewel
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The York Observatory
- Mary Ward
- The New Theatre
- Vikings and Christianity
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Anglian Carving
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Second World War York
- York Bombed
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Walmgate Bar
- The Retreat