Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Hospitium
- John Carr - Architect
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Fishergate Bar
- Constantius Chlorus
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Judges Lodging
- York Central Library
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The George Fox Incident
- Walmgate Bar
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Horn of Ulf
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Anglian Burial Vessel