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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ouse Bridge
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Walmgate Bar
- Is York Cursed?
- The Assembly Rooms
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York Railway Station
- The Norman House
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York St John in the 20th Century