Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Female Prison
- Walmgate Bar
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Norman Abbey
- Church of St Olave
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The First Minster
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Medieval Castle
- The Mystery Plays
- The York Helmet
- Teaching the Poor
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York and the Holocaust