Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- Judges Lodging
- Fairfax House
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Teaching the Poor
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Bootham School
- Roman Head Pot
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Anglian Cross
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Fire in the Minster
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Basilica