Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- George Leeman
- The White Rose of York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Minster after the Reformation
- A Pipkin
- The First Railway Station
- Gold Finger Ring
- Mithras and Arimanius
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The First Minster
- Anglian Cross
- Ripon College for Women
- The Retreat
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Bar Convent
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)