Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Airfield
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Statue of an Athlete
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Railway Station
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Fire in the Minster
- York Central Library
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Roman Head Pot
- Stonegate
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The First Railway Station
- The Guildhall