Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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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...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- Statue of the God Mars
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Debtors' Prison
- Victoria Bar
- The Roman Fortress
- Anglian Carving
- The Abbot's House
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- 62 Low Petergate
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The New Theatre
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Dick Turpin
- Viking Sword Pommel