Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Railway Institute
- Minster Library
- Rowntree Park
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York's Coat of Arms
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- A New Vision For York
- The Council of Arles
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Roman Head Pot
- Medieval Prisons
- The George Fox Incident
- St Crux's Church
- York Union Gas Works
- The Black Death
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop