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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Rowntree Park
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Ripon College for Women
- Treasurer's House
- Inscription to Hecules
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- New Shopping Centres
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Fire in the Minster
- Viking Coins
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Judges Lodging
- The Medieval Minster
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom