Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Gold Finger Ring
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Olive Oil Container
- Victoria Bar
- Fairfax House
- The New Theatre
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York Art Gallery
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Bone Trial Piece
- York Bombed
- Barker Tower
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)