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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Industrial Upheaval
- Monk Bar
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Church of St Olave
- The Medieval Castle
- Rowntree Park
- King Richard III and York
- Statue of the God Mars
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Viking Boot
- Lendal Tower
- The Horn of Ulf
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Central Methodist Chapel