Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Female Prison
- 62 Low Petergate
- Ouse Bridge
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bootham School
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Roman Fortress
- Judges Lodging
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The 1190 Massacre
- Water Lanes
- Second World War York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom