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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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Norman Abbey
- Viking Silk Cap
- Statue of the God Mars
- Bronze weights
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- York Bombed
- The Norman Castle
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The First Railway Station
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Sixties York
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Guildhall