Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Sixties York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Is York Cursed?
- Gold Arm Ring
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Fairfax House
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- King Edward I and York
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Medieval Castle