Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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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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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- New Earswick
- A Pipkin
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Ripon College for Women
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Bootham Bar
- Treasurer's House
- Our Lady's Row
- York Garrison
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Norman Minster
- King Edward I and York
- Church of St Helen
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom