Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Horn of Ulf
- Lendal Bridge
- Sixties York
- The Debtors' Prison
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Greyfriars
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Norman Abbey
- The Assembly Rooms
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Retreat
- York and the Holocaust
- The Female Prison