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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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- King Richard III and York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Military Belt Fitting
- York Railway Station
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Mystery Plays
- Is York Cursed?
- The Assembly Rooms
- Industrial Upheaval
- First World War York
- Vikings and Christianity
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York and the Holocaust
- The Hospitium
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Tombstone of Julia Velva