Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- St William's Shrine
- The Greyfriars
- Mithras and Arimanius
- A New University
- Jubbergate
- New Shopping Centres
- Church of St Wilfrid
- New Earswick
- Walmgate Bar
- The Norman Abbey
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Retreat
- Is York Cursed?
- The End of the Abbey