Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Debtors' Prison
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Treasurer's House
- The Hospitium
- Second World War York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The York Observatory
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Shambles
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Red Tower