Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- Bronze weights
- The Debtors' Prison
- Constantius Chlorus
- Norman Window Frame
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Judges Lodging
- The Black Death
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Female Prison
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Middleham Jewel
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Abbot's House
- King Edward III and York
- York Railway Station