Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Cawood Sword
- 62 Low Petergate
- Medieval Prisons
- Teaching the Poor
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Norman Abbey
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Multangular Tower
- Sixties York
- The Mansion House
- Rowntree Park
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Minster in the 18th Century