Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War Memorial
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York Art Gallery
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Viking Boot
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York Bombed
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Anglian Cross
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Norman Abbey
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom