Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Margaret Clitherow
- Feeding Roman York
- Water Lanes
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Gold Finger Ring
- Viking Coins
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- St Crux's Church
- Second World War York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Treasurer's House
- King Richard III and York
- Ouse Bridge
- The Pilgrimage of Grace