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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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Inscription to Hecules
- Statue of Napoleon
- Ripon College for Women
- George Leeman
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York Garrison
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Female Prison
- Anglian Carving
- The Basilica