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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Our Lady's Row
- Viking Male Grooming
- Bootham School
- Stonegate
- Jubbergate
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Norman Castle
- The Horn of Ulf
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Medieval Castle
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Female Prison
- Yorkshire Museum
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Statue of Napoleon
- Queen Margaret's Arch