Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Minster Library
- The Medieval Castle
- Ripon College for Women
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Hospitium
- The Roman Fortress
- The Mansion House
- Teaching the Poor
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Barley Hall
- Guy Fawkes
- Stonegate
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Horn of Ulf