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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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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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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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- St William's Shrine
- Bone Trial Piece
- A New University
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The George Fox Incident
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Rowntree Park
- The York Helmet
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- King Richard II and York
- Statue of an Athlete
- York Union Gas Works
- Second World War York
- Stonegate
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Mary Ward
- The Railway King: George Hudson