Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Second World War York
- Olive Oil Container
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York Union Gas Works
- The Female Prison
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Basilica
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Walmgate Bar
- York and the Holocaust
- New Shopping Centres
- New Earswick
- Bronze weights
- Lendal Bridge
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Royal Station Hotel