Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Male Grooming
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Walmgate Bar
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Teaching the Poor
- Medieval Prisons
- Norman Window Frame
- The Bar Convent
- Barley Hall
- The First Minster
- First World War York
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- A New University
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Medieval Abbey