Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Silver Strap Ends
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Shambles
- Fishergate Bar
- King Richard III and York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Statue of Napoleon
- Lendal Bridge
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Horn of Ulf