Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Teaching the Poor
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- New Shopping Centres
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Water Lanes
- Church of St Olave
- A New University
- The Greyfriars
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Silver Strap Ends
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- King Edward III and York
- Holy Trinity Church