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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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Statue of Napoleon
- Micklegate Bar
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Church of St Olave
- Silver Strap Ends
- A Pipkin
- The White Rose of York
- Vikings and Christianity
- The 1190 Massacre
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Margaret Clitherow
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York's Airfield
- King Richard III and York
- The York Observatory