Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Cawood Sword
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Gold Arm Ring
- York and the Holocaust
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York Central Library
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Sixties York
- Fairfax House
- Cinema Comes to York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Inscription to Hecules
- Medieval Prisons
- The Hospitium
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Gold Finger Ring
- Barley Hall
- Roman Chimney Pot