Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- King Edward II and York
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Scarborough Bridge
- Our Lady's Row
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Statue of an Athlete
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Bar Convent
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York Art Gallery
- New Shopping Centres