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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Sixties York
- Clifford's Tower
- A New Vision For York
- George Leeman
- King Richard II and York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The First Minster
- The Railway Institute
- The Norman Minster
- The York Hoard
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Queen Margaret's Arch