Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- St William's Shrine
- The Battle of the Standard
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- First World War York
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Black Death
- Sixties York
- Ripon College for Women
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The York Observatory
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- St Crux's Church