Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree Park
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Ouse Bridge
- Military Belt Fitting
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Judges Lodging
- Victoria Bar
- Viking Boot
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Bar Convent
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Hospitium
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries