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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Minster Library
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Viking Silk Cap
- Statue of an Athlete
- 62 Low Petergate
- The New Theatre
- A New University
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Bone Trial Piece
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York Railway Station
- York and the Holocaust
- The Horn of Ulf