Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Gold Finger Ring
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Mansion House
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Roman Fortress
- The Medieval Castle
- A New University
- The Bar Convent
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- King Edward III and York