Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fishergate Bar
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Guildhall
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- King Richard II and York
- Bronze weights
- Barley Hall
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York and the Holocaust
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Retreat
- Barker Tower
- The Debtors' Prison
- Our Lady's Row
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Crest of York St John College