Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Military Belt Fitting
- Viking Male Grooming
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The White Rose of York
- Barley Hall
- The Norman Minster
- York and the Holocaust
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Norman Abbey
- Walmgate Bar
- Yorkshire Museum
- Monk Bar
- Alcuin of York
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Second World War York
- Vale of York Viking Hoard