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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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The End of the Abbey
- The George Fox Incident
- The Hospitium
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Viking Coins
- Church of St Helen
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Bootham School
- Barker Tower
- The Medieval Abbey
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- All Saints Church, North Street
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Council of Arles
- Micklegate Bar