Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Teaching the Poor
- New Earswick
- John Carr - Architect
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Alcuin of York
- King Edward II and York
- Judges Lodging
- George Leeman
- Middleham Jewel
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Guy Fawkes
- The First Railway Station
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Eric Bloodaxe