Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bronze weights
- The Horn of Ulf
- Clifford's Tower
- De Grey Rooms
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York Railway Station
- Middleham Jewel
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- St Leonard's Hospital