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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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Horn of Ulf
- Bootham School
- Jewbury Cemetery
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Industrial Upheaval
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Greyfriars
- King Edward I and York
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bootham Bar
- Church of St Olave
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- George Leeman
- Guy Fawkes
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey