Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Viking Coins
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Mary Ward
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Crest of York St John College
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Rowntree Park
- The Medieval Minster
- View from Station Rise
- Sixties York
- King Richard III and York
- The Hospitium
- The Assembly Rooms
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart