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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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Mansion House
- Scarborough Bridge
- The First Railway Station
- The County Court House
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Hospitium
- Barley Hall
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Fire in the Minster
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Bootham Bar
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Crest of York St John College