Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Black Death
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Medieval Castle
- St Crux's Church
- The Railway Institute
- The Roman Fortress
- The Multangular Tower
- Ripon College for Women
- The Cawood Sword
- Gold Arm Ring
- Lendal Tower
- Alcuin of York
- Eric Bloodaxe
- King Richard III and York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop