Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Bar Convent
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Railway Institute
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Roman Fortress
- The Medieval Abbey
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Victoria Bar
- The Greyfriars
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Anglian Burial Vessel