Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Medieval Abbey
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Norman Castle
- Lendal Bridge
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Roman Head Pot
- The Medieval Castle
- The Debtors' Prison
- Judges Lodging
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Bronze weights
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Bootham Bar