Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Feeding Roman York
- Transport Moves On
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Abbot's House
- Holy Trinity Church
- View from Station Rise
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York St John in the 20th Century