Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Stonegate
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York's Airfield
- Anglian Carving
- The Female Prison
- Central Methodist Chapel
- John Carr - Architect
- Statue of the God Mars
- New Shopping Centres
- The Battle of the Standard
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- A New Vision For York
- Norman Window Frame
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Hospitium