Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Inscription to Hecules
- York Bombed
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The New Theatre
- Clifford's Tower
- The York Hoard
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Walmgate Bar
- Micklegate Bar
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Central Methodist Chapel
- King Richard II and York
- The Black Death
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Yorkshire Museum
- York's first historian: Francis Drake