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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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- John Carr - Architect
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Bar Convent
- Ripon College for Women
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Retreat
- Teaching the Poor
- The White Rose of York
- York Bombed
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Anglian Cross
- Industrial Upheaval
- 62 Low Petergate
- Bootham School