Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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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 ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Transport Moves On
- Dick Turpin
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Teaching the Poor
- Margaret Clitherow
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Retreat
- View from Station Rise
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Aldwark Synagogue