Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Mansion House
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- View from Station Rise
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Anglian Carving
- Mary Ward
- King Richard II and York
- York Union Gas Works
- Ouse Bridge
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The George Fox Incident
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Debtors' Prison