Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- Barker Tower
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Treasurer's House
- Mary Ward
- Middleham Jewel
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Anglian Carving
- Cinema Comes to York
- The York Hoard
- Statue of the God Mars
- Bronze weights
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- St Leonard's Hospital