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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Railway Station
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Greyfriars
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Barker Tower
- King Edward II and York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- King Edward I and York
- Alcuin of York
- John Carr - Architect
- King Edward III and York
- Statue of an Athlete
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Medieval Prisons
- York Castle Museum