Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York Railway Station
- The Horn of Ulf
- Jubbergate
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Feeding Roman York
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Our Lady's Row
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Bar Convent
- The York Observatory
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The First Railway Station
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Anglian Burial Vessel