Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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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 ...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham School
- The Medieval Castle
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Norman Window Frame
- Our Lady's Row
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- 62 Low Petergate
- William Etty, Artist
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Vikings and Christianity
- The White Rose of York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Statue of the God Mars
- De Grey Rooms
- Olive Oil Container
- The Battle of the Standard