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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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- New Earswick
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York and the Holocaust
- The George Fox Incident
- Dick Turpin
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York's Airfield
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Middleham Jewel
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Teaching the Poor
- York Garrison
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Viking Boot
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York's Coat of Arms