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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- Viking Male Grooming
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Viking Boot
- Medieval Prisons
- York Garrison
- John Carr - Architect
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Lendal Tower
- The Retreat
- Lendal Bridge
- Bone Trial Piece
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The York Hoard