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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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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Margaret Clitherow
- Royal Station Hotel
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Norman Minster
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- St Crux's Church
- The County Court House
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Industrial Upheaval
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- St Leonard's Hospital
- St Columba's United Reformed Church