Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Barker Tower
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Debtors' Prison
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Inscription to Hecules
- Clifford's Tower
- Bronze weights
- The York Helmet
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Medieval Minster
- Tombstone of Julia Velva