Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Coins
- Yorkshire Museum
- Rowntree Park
- The Female Prison
- The Black Death
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Fire in the Minster
- 62 Low Petergate
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Military Belt Fitting
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Inscription to Hecules
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Railway Institute
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Artists, Writers and Scientists