Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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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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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Roman Fortress
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Ouse Bridge
- Walmgate Bar
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- King Richard II and York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Victoria Bar
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Norman Window Frame
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Retreat
- A New University