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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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Guy Fawkes
- The End of the Abbey
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Middleham Jewel
- York Castle Museum
- The Horn of Ulf
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- New Earswick
- The Retreat
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The New Theatre
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse